Podcast Episodes

Breaking Out of the Tomb

Episode 216

Friends, a blessed and peaceful Easter to you!

Although grave sites are known to be quiet places of reflection, God, through his sovereign power, overcame the corruption of sin by his Resurrection fr…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Breaking, Singing, Pulling Away

Episode 215

Friends, one of the best known stories in Western culture is the narrative of Christ’s Passion and death. However, this very familiarity can block our understanding of the account. What I want to do …

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Writing the Law Upon Our Hearts

Episode 214

Friends, one of the most fundamental beliefs of the Biblical Israelites is that God is a covenant-maker. He formed his people through a series of agreements and contracts saying, “I will place my law…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Nicodemus Came at Night

Episode 213

Friends, our Gospel for today contains one of the most important lines in the entire Bible: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not peris…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Back to the Fundamentals — Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon

Episode 212

Friends, I have often said that Lent is a bit like basic training for the military or summer workouts for a football team—it is a chance to get back to the fundamentals of the faith, namely, the Ten …

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

The Ordering of Love and the Awful Story of Abraham and Isaac

Episode 211

Friends, if the intention of an author is to convince people to read and think about what he’s written, the author of Sunday's first reading has done his job well. We hear the deeply troubling story …

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Pray, Fast, Give Alms

Episode 210

Friends, Lent is a marvelous opportunity to deepen our lives of prayer, to temper our desires for food and drink, and to engage in a graced time of alms giving. Let’s use this season to get our bodie…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Go Tell the Priests

Episode 209

Friends, today’s Gospel centers around Jesus’ healing of a leper. Although there aren’t many lepers around today, there are plenty of people that we treat as outsiders or pariahs. We should welcome t…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

How to Evangelize

Episode 208

Friends, in this Sunday's readings, St. Paul highlights the significance of evangelization. The Church, by its very nature, evangelizes, going out to the ends of the world with its good news. And woe…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

A Prophet Greater than Moses

Episode 207

Moses is, without a doubt, the greatest figure in the Old Testament. He heard the voice of God from the burning bush; he was given the Ten Commandments; he was permitted to talk to God as to a friend…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago