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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, today we share a talk I recently gave to the service men and women at the United State Air Force Academy. After previously speaking at the Naval Academy about three sailors from the Bible, then at West Point about three soldiers from the Old Testament, I wondered, what should I speak of to the Air Force Academy?
 
What came to me was the angels, those famous fliers in the pages of the Bible. I told the Air Force men and women that they are flyers, too, and so they should consider the angelic realm, the realm of pure spirits, those who fly into the very presence of God, becoming radiant by contact with him. I encouraged them to join the angels in flight, trust their life to a higher power, and become a person of right praise.
 Links The Holy Hour: Meditations for Eucharistic Adoration • edited by Matthew Becklo
 With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life • edited by Rachel Bulman
 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a patron and get some great perks for helping, like free books, bonus content, and more. Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners…like you! So be part of this mission, and join us today!

WOF 352: Angels and the Air Force Academy

Friends, on today’s episode of the “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss some comments recently made by Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, about space and religion.
 
What does Catholicism have to say about the universe and the possibility of alien life? Should we be curious about the cosmos? And what opportunities might space exploration introduce to Catholic evangelists?
 
A listener asks, given recent research on anti-aging, is aging a disease?
 Links WonderConference.com With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life • edited by Rachel Bulman
 The Holy Hour: Meditations for Eucharistic Adoration • edited by Matthew Becklo
 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a patron and get some great perks for helping, like free books, bonus content, and more. Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners…like you! So be part of this mission, and join us today!

WOF 353: God, Elon Musk, and Space

Friends, today we share a conversation I had with leaders at Biola University on proclaiming and encountering Christ. It was wonderful to sit down with our Protestant brothers and sisters to discuss the importance of evangelization in today’s culture.
 
In this discussion, we explore how to evangelize through the new media, reach the disaffiliated, prepare to become an evangelist, and much more.
 Links Story of a Soul • by St. Thérèse of Lisieux (WOF Classics)

WOF 354: Bishop Barron at Biola University

Friends, what is a Holy Hour? How do you do it, and why should you start? On today’s episode of the “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss one of the most powerful spiritual disciplines you can adopt.
 
A listener asks, if the Eucharist is so important, why isn’t it mentioned in the Nicene Creed?
 Links The Holy Hour: Meditations for Eucharistic Adoration • edited by Matthew Becklo
 The Word Became Flesh: Reflection for Advent and Christmas • edited by Matthew Becklo
 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a patron and get some great perks for helping, like free books, bonus content, and more. Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners…like you! So be part of this mission, and join us today!

WOF 355: How to Make a Holy Hour

Friends, today we share Lesson 1 from our new Word on Fire Institute course titled “Evangelizing Protestants.” The course is taught by Andrew Petiprin, the Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Fellow of Popular Culture at the Word on Fire Institute, also a former Episcopal priest who converted to Catholicism.
 
Andrew takes you inside several important texts that express how the Church thinks about Protestants and explain how they belong with us in the Catholic Church. You’ll look at works by St. John Henry Newman, Pope Pius IX, the Second Vatican Council, and Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
 
In this first lesson of the course, Andrew shares a little about his personal journey and encourages Catholics to support any Protestant friends or family members who may be discerning coming into full communion with the Catholic Church. He also draws on the particular experience of St. John Henry Newman. Andrew sees Newman as a role model for all our Protestant brothers and sisters who are considering making this step.
 
To watch the other lessons in this course, sign up for the Word on Fire Institute today!
 Links Word on Fire Institute

WOF 356: When Protestants Consider Catholicism

Friends, Tertullian famously asked in the third century, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” What does philosophy have to do with theology, or reason with faith?
 
However, on today’s “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss a provocative new article that wonders what Athens and Jerusalem have to do with Silicon Valley. How should we understand the intersection of reason, faith, and technology?
 
A listener asks, how do you feel about neuroscience, and how does it fit in with your understanding of the soul?
 Links “The Three-City Problem of Modern Life” • by Luke Burgis
 Food for the Soul: Reflections on the Mass Readings (Cycle A) • by Peter Kreeft

WOF 357: Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley

Friends, today we share a recent discussion between Bishop Barron and the theologian Larry Chapp about Vatican II. The conversation ranges over several topics, including:
 
 • Why evangelize?
 • Deification through the Cross
 • The 20th-century Biblical Renewal and the Liturgical Renewal
 • Evangelization and the Use of Beauty
 • Revival of Catholic Art
 
If you missed the “Bishop Barron Presents” discussion with Larry Chapp, you can listen to that in episode #299 of this podcast.
 Links Larry Chapp’s YouTube channel Word on Fire Vatican II Collection 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a patron and get some great perks for helping, like free books, bonus content, and more. Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners…like you! So be part of this mission, and join us today!

WOF 358: Bishop Barron and Larry Chapp on Vatican II

Friends, what is the role of religion in civic life? Must we bracket religion from the political sphere? Those are pressing questions as we near the midterm elections. On today’s “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss the relationship between politics and religion and the proper place of tolerance.
 
A listener asks, do you have any recommendations for explaining the Eucharist to high schoolers?
 Links Light of the Saints • by Cory Heimann and Tricia Dugat
 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a patron and get some great perks for helping, like free books, bonus content, and more. Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners…like you! So be part of this mission, and join us today!

WOF 359: Religion, Politics, and Intolerance

A new Word on Fire book titled With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life features essays by Catholic women who offer a call to pursue what is too often excluded from our picture of femininity: the intellectual life.
 
Full of practical advice and personal testimonies, and featuring a foreword by celebrated scholar Tracey Rowland, this collection opens readers to the endlessly unique ways for a woman to follow the first and greatest commandment: to love the Lord with all her soul, with all her heart, and with all her mind.
 
Today we share an interview with the editor of the book, Rachel Bulman, conducted by Haley Stewart, Editing Manager of Word on Fire Spark.
 Links With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life • edited by Rachel Bulman
 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a patron and get some great perks for helping, like free books, bonus content, and more. Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners…like you! So be part of this mission, and join us today!

WOF 360: With All Her Mind w/ Rachel Bulman

Friends, in many parts of the world the Catholic Church is shrinking. Parishes are closing or merging, pastors are devising strategies of consolidation. But for the Church to flourish, we can’t just manage decline. We need strategies for growth. That’s what Brandon Vogt and I discuss on today’s “The Word on Fire Show.”
 
A listener asks, why should Catholics be pro-life?
 Links Newman on Doctrinal Corruption • by Matthew Levering
 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a patron and get some great perks for helping, like free books, bonus content, and more. Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners…like you! So be part of this mission, and join us today!

WOF 361: What's Our Church's Growth Strategy?

Friends, on today’s episode of the “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I recap two recent discussions I shared with Lex Fridman and Shia LaBeouf. With over two million views combined, these discussions struck a chord with people and I think they reveal several lessons for Catholics interested in drawing others closer to God.
 
A listener asks, how do you get so many things done?
 Links Lex Fridman discussion Shia LeBeouf discussion The Holy Hour: Meditations for Eucharistic Adoration • edited by Matthew Becklo
 With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life • edited by Rachel Bulman
 Wonder Conference

WOF 351: Recapping Lex Fridman and Shia LaBeouf

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