The Serpent’s Slogans
2/17/202615 min
Friends, we commence the holy and wonderful season of Lent, the time of preparation for Easter. I always think of Lent as something like spring training for baseball players, or like the end of the summer workouts for football players. It’s a time to get back to spiritual basics, to reacquaint ourselves with the elemental things in the spiritual life that we might get ourselves ordered to Christ. So the Church, in our first reading from Genesis, brings us back to the beginning.
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[music] 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.
Robert Barron· Host0:36
Peace be with you. Friends, we commence now this holy and wonderful season of Lent, the time of preparation for Easter. Uh, I always think of Lent as something like a spring training for baseball players. It's like the end of the summer workouts for football players. Uh, it's a time to get back to spiritual basics, to reacquaint ourselves with the elemental things in the spiritual life that we might get ourselves ordered to Christ. Uh, I always think of, this is my golf, you know, background, I think of Jack Nicklaus and Jack Grout, who was his teacher. Nicklaus, I may- I'm dating myself here, I know, the greatest golfer of all time, uh, you know, great in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. But Nicklaus, even when he was the best player on the planet, would begin the golf season by going back to