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 third Sunday of ordinary time, I want to talk to you about walls and bridges.

Those old enough, remember I'm referencing a John Lennon album from the mid-1970s.

Walls and bridges.

There's, I think, a tendency today to be a simplistic and one-sided about walls and bridges.

Wall's bad, keep people out, they're standoffish, you know, it's xenophobic, have walls.

Bridges are great. Bridges connect us to people. Bridges mean we're all in this together. I'm against

walls. I'm for bridges. Well, again, I suggest with John Lennon in mind, it's not walls or bridges.

It's walls and bridges. The point is, it depends on where you are in the life of the church, which one you want to emphasize, because I would say you need both walls and bridges to live the Christian thing correctly.

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