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Bishop Robert Barron

Join Bishop Robert Barron for a weekly podcast on faith and culture. Find more episodes at http://WordOnFireShow.com and submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.com.

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Friends, my favorite current TV show, “Mrs. Davis,” features an adventurous nun, a search for the Holy Grail, and an all-powerful algorithm. It also raises many interesting questions about artificial intelligence, God, free will, and our mystical union with Christ.
 
In today’s “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss these themes and more.
 
(NOTE: This episode does not contain any major spoilers so it’s safe to listen before watching the series.)
 
A listener asks, is artificial intelligence a threat or an opportunity for evangelization?
 Links The Mystical Body of Christ • by Fulton Sheen w/ introduction by Brandon Vogt and foreword by Bishop Barron

WOF 393: Mrs. Davis, Algorithms, and God

In this talk from the 2022 Good News Conference, Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla shares the story of her mother, St. Gianna Beretta Molla, patron saint of mothers, physicians, and unborn children. She also discusses her parents’ love through their many letters and their devotion to Our Lord, which solidified their union. 
 
St. Gianna’s holiness had everything to do with her beloved husband, Pietro. They were both dedicated to working for the salvation of their spouse’s soul, and this commitment to love and holiness inspired their children to trust in divine providence.
 
Learn more about the Good News Conference and sign up to attend this year’s conference at https://goodnewsconference.com.
 Links Good News Conference 
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WOF 394: The Beauty of Sainthood w/ Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla

Friends, Christians often speak of “having a personal relationship with Christ” or “knowing Jesus personally,” but what does this actually mean? Is it possible? How do we go beyond knowing about Christ to truly knowing him? That’s what Brandon Vogt and I discuss on today’s “Word on Fire Show.”
 
A listener considering conversion to Catholicism asks, how do I go about looking for a parish?
 Links Why They Follow: Lessons in Church Communication from That One Lost Sheep • by Matthew Warner
 
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WOF 395: Knowing Jesus Personally

We know Church leaders need to be trained well in theology, morality, scripture, liturgy, and pastoral ministry. But if we want them to be able to wield those skills as effective leaders, they must also be great communicators.
 
After all, sharing the Good News is, at its heart, the task of communicating. Communication is a linchpin skill that unlocks the full potential of all other skills, and church leaders often get very little training in it.
 
That’s why most parishes fail to engage 93% of parishioners, and it’s why Matthew Warner wrote his excellent new book titled Why They Follow: Lessons in Church Communication from That One Lost Sheep, which was just published by Word on Fire.
 
Today, Brandon Vogt sits down with Matthew to discuss the book and the communications tips and strategies he recommends.
 
The Church needs great communicators. This book will teach you to be one. It belongs on every church leader’s desk.
 Links Why They Follow: Lessons in Church Communication from That One Lost Sheep • by Matthew Warner
 
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WOF 396: Why Parishes Fail to Engage 93% of Parishioners w/ Matthew Warner

Friends, what makes great leaders great? Why do certain men and women seem to lead with such effectiveness?
 
On today’s episode of “The Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss several great leaders including Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Jr., Pope St. John Paul II, and Queen Elizabeth II.
 
A listener asks, how can I be sure if I’m acting out a theo-drama or an ego-drama?
 Links Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture • by Matthew Petrusek
 The Thomistic Response to the Nouvelle Théologie: Concerning the Truth of Dogma and the Nature of Theology • by Raymond-Léopold Bruckberger
 
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WOF 397: What Makes Great Leaders Great?

Today we share Bishop Barron’s 2023 Commencement Address at Hillsdale College, delivered on May 13, 2023.
 
In his address, Bishop Barron examined not the question of what we are to do in life—important as that is—but rather what kind of person we ought to be? Do we hunger and thirst for righteousness or do we seek our own advantage? In a way, he says, there is no question in the moral and spiritual order more fundamental than that.
 
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WOF 398: The Most Important Decision in Life

Friends, death is a topic most of us try to avoid. So, why does Catholicism teach we should meditate regularly on our death?
 
On today’s episode of “The Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss the ancient Christian practice of memento mori (remember your death), and how Christ solves the four problems that death poses to each of us: identity, futility, loss, and the end of earthly joys.
 
A listener asks, what should Catholics think about near death experiences and stories?
 Links Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O’Connor’s Narrative Art • by Fr. Damian Ference
 Remember Death: The Surprising Path to Living Hope • by Mathew McCullough
 The Soul’s Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason • by Fr. Robert Spitzer
 
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WOF 399: Why You Should Ponder Your Death

Today we share with you Bishop Barron’s keynote talk from the 2023 Wonder Conference, hosted by Word on Fire.
 
His keynote addressed scientism, the view that authentic truth claims can be made only in regard to those matters treatable through the scientific method, and offered three paths of scape: the intelligibility of the world, the immateriality of the mind, and the inescapability of metaphysics.
 Links A Grand Slam for God: A Journey from College Baseball Star to Catholic Priest • by Fr. Burke Masters
 
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WOF 400: Three Paths Beyond Scientism

Despite the enduring, progressive narrative that society favors and privileges men, the sociological data reveals men have and continue to experience devastating declines in education, earning power, economic mobility, relationship stability, and physical and mental health. Often vilified by secular culture as “toxic” merely for existing, men are often far sicker, poorer, more addicted, more depressed, more incarcerated, and more likely to commit suicide than women.
 
 
 
However, more men than women now regularly go to church; numerous religious movements have been founded with the aim of helping men to overcome their spiritual, mental, and even physical weaknesses; and a new class of Christian men have been emerging on the political and cultural scene unapologetically calling for a return to traditional biblical values. How should we interpret this apparent masculinization of the faith and its effect on revitalizing the role of men in society? What insights does the Church offer, and what can we all learn from this to better evangelize both men and women? 
 
 
 
A listener asks why—procreation aside—God created a woman for Adam as opposed to another man.
 
 
 
00:00 | Intro
 01:49 | Bishop Barron back from Rome
 02:25 | Assessing grim statistics about men
 04:27 | Contributing cultural movements to masculine discouragement
 11:04 | Channeling masculine aggression
 14:47 | A complementary view of male and female
 17:52 | The return of men to the Church
 22:35 | Resources for recovering masculinity from its shadow side
 25:21 | Holy male exemplars
 27:15 | What the Church offers for masculine vision
 28:49 | Listener question
 30:53 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
 
 
 Links: 
 
 
 • Article on book about issues facing men: 
 https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/of-boys-and-men-by-richard-v-reeves-males-face-bigger-issues-than-toxic-masculinity/41990575.html E&C Online • article: 
 https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/richard-v-reeves-and-jocko-willink-take-on-male-malaise/ • NYT article: 
 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/opinion/crisis-men-masculinity.html • Prison Stats: 
 https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_gender.jsp • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
 
 
 
 
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WOF 467: The Fall—and Rise?—of Men

We bring you the fourth lesson of Bishop Barron’s lecture series on one of the most important and influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, Han Urs von Balthasar. We will come to understand his life, his theology, and his ongoing impact on the Church and our work to evangelize the culture. Enjoy!
 Links: • Full lecture series available at the Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ • Podcast: 
WOF 149: Who Was Hans Urs von Balthasar? • Article: “
Just a Little Stone in God’s Mosaic • ”
 • More Resources: 
https://www.wordonfire.org/topics/hans-urs-von-balthasar/ 
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WOF 399: Why You Should Ponder Your Death

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