Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization,

using media both old and new to share the faith on every continent

and to facilitate an encounter with Christ and His Church.

The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture

and bring the transformative power of God's Word

where it is most needed.

Today, we invite you to join Bishop Robert Barron

as he preaches the gospel

and shares the warmth and light of Christ

with each one of us.

Peace be with you. Friends, we have the good fortune this year that the feast of the

presentation of the Lord falls on the Sunday so we can reflect on it perhaps a bit more deeply.

It's easy enough to kind of sentimentalize this feast. You know, it's lovely. The parents of the Lord bringing the child into the Jerusalem temple,

Simeon and Anna, these two old, you know, the prophet of the prophetess,

and then they predict these marvelous things about the child

and the pain that the mother will endure.

And, you know, now you let your servant go in peace.

Your words been fulfilled.

The nunc dimittes of Simeon,

which the church repeats in its night prayer every day.

I mean, there's so many wonderful features of this story.

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