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, on this sixth Sunday of ordinary time, we have something similar to what we found last week.

Remember last week we had Isaiah juxtaposed with the Gospel of Luke, and each author bringing out essential features of the spiritual life.

Something similar this week, but now it's Jeremiah

in tandem with Luke. And the first reading is taken from Jeremiah chapter 17, verses 5 through 8.

Could I urge you, get out your Bibles and spend a little time with this because it's very simple,

but it's very clarifying in the spiritual order.

Here's Jeremiah. Thus says the Lord, curses the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his

strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Now, I know Jeremiah is somewhat morose figure, and that can sound perhaps a little dark, but let's unpack it.

Curse is the one who trusts in human beings.

It doesn't mean here, you know, we never trust anybody and be suspicious of all people. No. Trust, trust here.

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