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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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