As Bishop Barron shows in his new book, Vibrant Paradoxes, Catholicism is both/and, not either/or. It celebrates the union of contraries—grace and nature, faith and reason, Scripture and tradition, body and soul—in a way that the full energy of each opposing element remains in place. In this episode, Bishop Barron explores several examples of this both/and embrace. A listener asks about the difficult passage in Acts 5 involving Ananias and Sapphira.

Topics Discussed

0:22 • - Exciting upcoming events for Bishop Barron

2:04 • - What does it mean to say Catholicism is "both/and"

5:29 • - G.K. Chesterton on red, white, and the Church's healthy hatred of pink

7:42 • - Why Catholics "want it all"

8:38 • - The extreme demands of sin and mercy

11:25 • - Why reason and faith are no mutually exclusive

15:58 • - Faith/reason in the realm of science

17:59 • - Bruce Jenner and the dichotomy of matter and spirit

21:59 • - How discipline leads to real freedom

25:53 • - The path from suffering to joy

27:59 • - Question from listener: how can we reconcile the loving, non-violent Jesus with the angry God who kills Ananias and Sapphira?

Bonus Resources

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Vibrant Paradoxes: The Both/And of Catholicism • by Bishop Robert Barron

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