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Now displaying: August, 2016
Aug 30, 2016

We have been taking the past few episodes of the show to discuss each of the great men and women featured in Word on Fire's epic new film series, CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players. Today we're focusing on a pivotal player of our own time, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Globally recognized as Mother Theresa, this diminutive Albanian nun was widely considered the greatest living saint during the latter half of the 20th century. Now, nineteen years after her death, she will be officially canonized, "Saint Teresa of Calcutta" by Pope Francis. In this episode Bishop Barron discusses her life, her faith, and why, according to Fr. Paul Murray, she's a saint who "loved Jesus in the night." Our listener question wonders how it's possible to unite our suffering with Jesus on the cross.

Click on www.PivotalPlayers.com to get your copy of this film series right now!

Topics Discussed

  • 0:18  - Bishop Barron's Pivotal Players Premier
  • 1:10 - Bishop Barron's friend, Father Paul Murray
  • 3:29 - Who is Mother Teresa?
  • 9:00 - How does Mother Teresa represent all the best of Catholicism?
  • 11:05 - What was Mother Teresa's connection to the Eucharist?
  • 12:5o - How do we explain Mother Teresa's "dark night of the soul"?
  • 18:25 - Bishop Barron explains his experience in Calcutta
  • 21:29 - How is Mother Teresa a spiritual master?
  • 21:03 -Listener Question: How can we offer up our suffering?

Bonus Resources

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

Aug 23, 2016

We are taking the next few episodes of the show to discuss each of the great men and women featured on Word On Fire's epic new film series, Catholicism: The Pivotal Players. The focus of this episode is Saint Thomas Aquinas. Widely considered one of the greatest minds in the history of Western Civilization, Thomas angelically and definitively articulated our Catholic understanding of God in his famous Summa Theologica. Our listener question asks about Thomas' argument of God as the "unmoved mover."

*In this episode we include a limited time Word on Fire Show discount on Catholicism: The Pivotal Players with Coupon Code: DumbOx 

Click on www.PivotalPlayers.com to purchase and act now because this offer expires soon!

Topics Discussed

  • 1:30  - Bishop Barron discusses his meetings with local ministries
  • 2:47 - Who was Saint Thomas Aquinas?
  • 5:16 - Why was Saint Thomas nicknamed Dumb Ox?
  • 6:50 - What can Thomas teach us about who God is?
  • 11:16 - How does a misunderstanding of God form modern atheism?
  • 12:3o - What light does Thomas shed on who we are as humans?
  • 16:25 - What makes Thomas Aquinas a saint?
  • 18:46 - What was the most poignant part of filming Thomas' history?
  • 20:24 - What is the connection between Aquinas and Chesterton?
  • 23:30 - Listener Question: How can God be the "Unmoved Mover"?

Bonus Resources

 

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

Aug 16, 2016

We are taking the next six episodes of the Word on Fire show to discuss each of the great men and women featured on Word On Fire's epic new film series, Catholicism: The Pivotal Players. The focus of this episode is Saint Francis, the great reformer of the Church from the early 13th century who truly embodied the life of Christ through his radical ministry of mercy and love. Our listener question asks about mysticism in the Church today.

*In this episode we include a limited time Word on Fire Show discount on Catholicism: The Pivotal Players with Coupon Code: Fran1226  

Click on www.PivotalPlayers.com to purchase and act now because this offer expires soon!

Topics Discussed

  • 0:19  - Bishop Barron discusses his trip to Poland for World Youth Day
  • 3:00 - Intro about Pivotal Players and St. Francis in particular
  • 6:23 - Why is Saint Francis so universally revered?
  • 8:18 - What's the most misunderstood element of Francis?
  • 10:17 - How did Saint Francis come to faith?
  • 12:25 - How did the Franciscan order come to fruition?
  • 14:44 - What does it mean that the Pope chose the name Francis?
  • 16:14 - What are some of Bishop Barron's favorite Francis stories?
  • 19:48 - Why is Saint Francis a pivotal player?
  • 21:25 - Listener Question: What does it mean to be a mystic today?

Bonus Resources

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

Aug 2, 2016

"Beige Catholicism" is a phrase Bishop Barron coined early in his career as a way of describing the Church's lackluster adoption of the post-conciliar movement. Much of Bishop Barron's evangelical work, including his famous Catholicism book and film series, focuses on bringing Christ's radical distinctiveness and the Tradition's beautiful vibrancy back into our understanding of the Church. In this episode Bishop Barron details the problems with beige Catholicism as well as the path to a solution. Finally, a listener asks about the Benedict Option for Catholics struggling to keep the faith alive in contemporary culture.

Topics Discussed

  • 0:17  - Bishop Barron discusses the new Word On Fire office and studio
  • 2:32 - What is beige Catholicism?
  • 4:45 - What is the history of beige Catholicism?
  • 6:48 - What is the problem with accommodating the culture?
  • 9:30 - What does it mean to domesticate Jesus?
  • 11:45 - Why should we see Jesus as "dangerous and strange"?
  • 13:55 - How the hit show Vikings illustrates the strangeness of Christianity
  • 15:33 - What does a full sacramental vision of the church look like?
  • 17:36 - What does a vibrantly colorful Catholicism look like?
  • 19:20 - How has Bishop Barron's work targeted this problem?
  • 20:20 - Question from listener: How about the Benedict Option?

Bonus Resources

 

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

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