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Being Born Again
Bishop Robert Barron Another video from Fr. Barron and Word on Fire commenting on subjects from modern day culture.
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Seeing the World Anew
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/old_mp3s/wofpodcast/616.mp3 This Sunday’s Gospel presents the extraordinary story of Christ’s healing Bartimaeus. Bartimaeus is...
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"Skyfall" Commentary by Fr. Robert Barron
Bishop Robert Barron Another video from Fr. Barron and Word on Fire commenting on subjects from modern day culture.
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The Sacrament of Baptism
Bishop Robert Barron Another video from Fr. Barron and Word on Fire commenting on subjects from modern day culture.
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Pope Francis and World Youth Day
Bishop Robert Barron Another video from Fr. Barron and Word on Fire commenting on subjects from modern day culture.
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I Have Come to Cast a Fire Upon the Earth
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/old_mp3s/wofpodcast/658.mp3 Jesus’ words from our Gospel this week inspired the name for my program, Word on Fire. Jesus speaks of...
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"The Shawshank Redemption" Commentary by Fr. Robert Barron
Bishop Robert Barron Another video from Fr. Barron and Word on Fire commenting on subjects from modern day culture.
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Hannah Arendt’s Moral Lesson
Bishop Robert Barron The appearance of an art house film on the philosopher Hannah Arendt has sparked renewed interest in an old controversy. In 1961, Arendt went to Jerusalem as a correspondent for...
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Isaiah and Paul
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/old_mp3s/wofpodcast/Father-Barron-Sermon-680.2.mp3 This week’s readings reveal Isaiah and Paul as missionaries, as evangelists....
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Priests, Prophets, Kings
Bishop Robert Barron A classic characterization of Jesus is that he is priest, prophet, and king. As priest, he sanctifies, that is to say, he reestablishes the lost link between divinity and humanity;...
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Coming to See
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/old_mp3s/wofpodcast/Sermon-690-full.mp3 This week’s Gospel from John tells us the story of the man born blind. Jesus offers the...
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Temple Talk
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/old_mp3s/wofpodcast/Sermon-697.mp3 This week’s readings all have to do with the holy temple in Jerusalem. The temple was the...
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Meeting of Heaven and Earth
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/old_mp3s/wofpodcast/543.mp3 The mysterious and wonderful feast of the Ascension of the Lord which celebrates Christ glorified “at...
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Atheists and the Absurdity of De-Baptism
Dominicans of the Province of St. Joseph When I arrived at the Dominican novitiate, one of the older priests in the community preached a challenging homily: despite our large class of 21 young men...
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Priest, Prophet, and King
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/old_mp3s/wofpodcast/522.mp3 All the baptized participate in Christ. Since Christ is the fulfillment of the priest, prophet, and...
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The Slave of the Slaves
Brandon Vogt I’ve always been attracted to saints who accomplish magnificent feats with little to no fanfare. Sure, you’ve got St. Paul evangelizing the whole known world, then you have St. Ignatius...
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Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Bishop Robert Barron https://www.wordonfire.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/media/12132015.mp3 Our Gospel for this third Sunday of Advent is of extraordinary importance, for it speaks to us of the...
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Grace, Nature, and What Advent Is Finally About
Bishop Robert Barron The readings for the third Sunday of Advent put me in mind of one of the most significant themes in Catholic theology, namely, the play between nature and grace. St. Luke tells us...
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Bishop Barron on Nature and Grace
Bishop Robert Barron Nature is not negated by grace but is rather completed and perfected by grace. And we are dipped into this grace through Christ and the Holy Spirit.
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Experiencing the Sacraments in Middle Earth
Jared Zimmerer I recently read a fantastic addition to the continued efforts to unfold the evangelistic vision within the literature of J.R.R. Tolkien entitled Tolkien’s Sacramental Vision: Discerning...
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Bishop Barron on The Sacrament of Baptism
Bishop Robert Barron As we move closer to Easter, a time when millions of Catholics around the world will experience the great sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist), Word on Fire...
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The Mystery of Christ’s Baptism
Fr. Steve Grunow Today the Church celebrates the solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord, and it is with this awe-filled liturgy that the three great revelations or “theophanies” of the Christmas season...
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The Spirit on the March
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.podbean.com/mf/play/pndama/Sermon_5_21_2017.mp3 This Easter season, the Church has asked us to meditate on the Acts of the Apostles. Today Jesus tells us to wait...
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Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Interview with Holly Ordway
Jared Zimmerer Whether you were an apostle in the early church or an Inkling of the twentieth century, the practice of apologetics has always required a keen awareness of the needs and cultural...
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No Fear of Death
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.podbean.com/mf/play/38vtr6/Sermon_7_2_17.mp3 In our second reading for this week, St. Paul reminds the Christian community in Rome that baptism means an...
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Where One Saint Baptized Another
Bishop Robert Barron The Word on Fire team and I spent some time in the great city of Milan taking in the incredible beauty of the Cathedral here. However, the most moving part of the day was spent...
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You Were Chosen to Be a Saint
Fr. Steve Grunow Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints. The Saints are the great heroes of our Faith. The Church describes a Saint as a person of “heroic virtue.” This means that...
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The Wise and Foolish Virgins
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.podbean.com/mf/play/3nvbku/homily_11_12_17.mp3 How do we wait? That is the question addressed by Jesus’ parable for today. While we wait for the second coming of...
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The Lesson of Christ’s Baptism
Fr. Steve Grunow Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, and it is with this awe-filled liturgy that the three great revelations or “theophanies” of the Christmas season are...
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He Must Increase and I Must Decrease
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.podbean.com/mf/play/mw8caf/homily_6_23_18.mp3 John the Baptist is one of the most important figures in Christianity, and provides a window into the tradition of...
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St. John the Baptist and the Birth of a New Era
Fr. Steve Grunow The birth of a child always represents both an end and a beginning. For the child, it is the end of the narrow world of the mother’s womb and the beginning of all the possibilities...
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Vitae Spiritualis Ianua
Bishop Robert Barron https://wordonfire.podbean.com/mf/play/twcpzy/homily_1_13_19.mp3 The first sacrament one can receive in the Church, Baptism, defines our relationship with Christ. In it, we are...
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The Gift of Baptism and Our Search for Meaning
Fr. Billy Swan As the Church celebrates the feast of the Lord’s Baptism this weekend, my mind returns to a pilgrimage to the Holy Land I made a few years ago. One of the highlights of the trip was a...
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“1917” and Remembering Who We Are
Bishop Robert Barron I saw the film 1917 on the vigil of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, and I think there’s a connection between the movie and the liturgical celebration. Bear with me. First, as...
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The Theology and Christ-Consolation of Spiritual Communion
Fr. Blake Britton The Church has weathered numerous storms throughout her history. Wars, plagues, famines, persecution—all of these are impressed upon the memory of Mother Church, forming her age-old...
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Israel Is Chosen for the World
Bishop Robert Barron https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ch7jfs/20-8-16.mp3 One of the most distinctive (and scandalous) qualities of ancient Israelite religion is the insistence that Israel is the...
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You’re Meant to Be an Eagle, Not a Chicken: A Reflection on Baptism
Bishop Robert Barron When I was doing full-time parish ministry, one of my favorite activities was performing Baptisms. I put the word in the plural, for I hardly ever baptized one baby at a time, but...
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Stop Being a Chicken: Bishop Barron on the Realities of Baptism
Bishop Robert Barron Friends, the sacrament of Baptism is objective: the visible sign of invisible incorporation into the Mystical Body of Jesus. Every baptized person is, objectively speaking, a child...
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The God Who Enters Our Muddy Waters
Bishop Robert Barron https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/922j3z/homily_1-10-219graf.mp3 The Gospel writers compel us, as it were, to pass through John the Baptist to get to Jesus; all four Gospels give us...
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You Are Called to Be a Prophet
Bishop Robert Barron Friends, all baptized Christians are summoned to announce the Word of God. In our Gospel today, we hear the call, like Ezekiel, to share the Good News with all whom we encounter,...
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Proclaiming Christ in the Culture
Bishop Robert Barron Friends, Sunday’s first reading makes it clear that if you are baptized, you are called to bring God’s word to others. This week, I share five recommendations as you follow his...
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We Just Don’t Get It
Bishop Robert Barron Friends, let us rejoice whenever the grace of God is on display. The point of the sacraments is so that God’s grace may flood the world, but the Lord can operate outside of our...
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Intention Matters: Baptized by the Water and the (Right) Words
Jenna M. Cooper, J.C.L. One of the most beautiful aspects of our Catholic faith is its strong incarnational basis. That is, “incarnational” in the sense of relating in a tangible, concrete way to...
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Episode Eight: Welcome to the Christian Life – Meet the Bulmans
Word on Fire https://youtu.be/Qj72lFGHEc8 Please welcome Josephine and Benedict to the Christian life! Rachel and Jason share the beauty of Baptism and the joy found in mystery of the ritual. SUBSCRIBE...
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Evangelizing on the Road to Emmaus
Bishop Robert Barron The greatest evangelist is, of course, Jesus himself, and there is no better presentation of Jesus’ evangelical technique than Luke’s masterful narrative concerning the disciples...
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Baptism and a Tradition in the Great Tradition
Dr. Christopher Kaczor A version of these remarks was delivered on the occasion of Arthur Crisfield’s baptism. When baby Arthur was getting baptized today, he was wearing a long white baptismal gown....
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Gone But Never Forgotten
Fr. Billy Swan As a concerned pastor, Bishop Barron dedicates much time and reflection to the group he refers to as the ‘nones’—those who are unaffiliated to any denomination or Church community. He...
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The History and Mystery of Baptism of Desire
Rachel Lu “Go and make disciples of all nations,” commands Our Lord in the final verses of the Gospel of Matthew, “baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and...
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