Word On Fire Sermons

Hear, O Israel

Our first reading for Mass this week contains the defining prayer of the Jewish tradition: the...

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Coming Home from Exile

Our first reading from the prophet Jeremiah treats of a theme that is basic throughout the Bible:...

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Substitutionary Sacrifice

Friends, all three readings for this weekend center around a theme that was very familiar to the...

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Riches and Wisdom

The first reading for this weekend and the Gospel, which are meant to be read in tandem, are very...

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The Biblical View of Marriage

Our first reading for this weekend is of pivotal significance in the Bible, for it lays out some...

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Would That Everyone Could Be a Prophet

Our first reading from the Book of Numbers and the Gospel reading from Mark both highlight a very...

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The Undoing of Original Sin

One of the most important doctrines of the Church is the doctrine of original sin, which asserts...

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Faith Perfected by Love

Today’s second reading from the letter of James discusses the relationship between faith and...

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Ephphatha

In this week’s Gospel, Jesus heals a man who is deaf and dumb. When we read this account at the...

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Law and Laws

All of today’s readings pertain to law. We Americans are a fairly litigious society. Lawyers are...

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Wisdom's Meal

Today's first reading personifies Wisdom as a woman who invites people to a feast, lavishly...

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Spiritual Food

In our first reading today, Elijah is dejected and requests that the Lord take his life. But an...

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Bread of Life

This week, the Church’s Gospel is again taken from the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John. The...

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The Mystery of the Mass

The sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, from which we will be reading these next several weeks, is a...

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Looking for a Shepherd

In today's first reading, God announces that he himself will shepherd his people. Yet a few...

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Summed Up in Christ

For many people in the West, liberty seems to trump everything. We avatars of the egodrama, we...

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The Mission of the Prophet

This week's Scriptures illuminate the identity and mission of a prophet—a calling that belongs to...

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God Did Not Make Death

The Book of Wisdom offers us the strange assertion that God did not make death, for he formed...

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He Must Increase and I Must Decrease

John the Baptist is one of the most important figures in Christianity, and provides a window into...

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The Mustard Seed Principle

Our Gospel for today features one of Jesus’ most beloved parables: that of the mustard seed. How...

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