Our first reading for Mass this week contains the most sacred prayer in the Jewish tradition, the ""Sh'ma."" In the Gospel, when asked which commandment is the greatest, Jesus, a pious Jew, recites this prayer from the book of Deuteronomy. Listen as I explicate this central and decisive statement of Biblical faith.

Father Robert Barron is a sought-after speaker on the spiritual life-from prestigious universities to YouTube to national conferences and private retreats. The prominent theologian and podcasting priest is one of the world's great and most innovative teachers of Catholicism.His global media ministry called Word on Fire has a simple but revolutionary mission - to evangelize the culture.

www.wordonfire.org - Fr. Barron's website launched in 1999 draws over 300,000 visitors a year from every continent. Fr. Barron posts weekly video clips,commentaries and radio sermons and offers an audio archive of over 300homilies. Podcasts of his sermons are widely used by tens of thousands of visitors each month.

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