Special Broadcasts

For many of us, our default assumption about life is: it’s fine. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness…behind enemy lines.

John Henry Newman’s classic book An Essay on the Development of Doctrine shows how doctrine isn’t stagnant but in fact develops over time, much like an acorn grows into a sprouting oak tree. In today’s episode, we share the first half of a talk Bishop Barron gave on the book and its influence.

Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We often are a mystery…even to ourselves. But Christians must come to a place of self-knowledge so we can present our true self to the true God.

What’s actually happening when we pray? In this episode, Bishop Barron answers the deepest questions about prayer—not necessarily how to pray but what is prayer? A listener asks about the Rosary prayer and how it operates.

During the first part of this month's episode, the Rutten brothers reflected on the beginning of Lent and discussed their movie of the month: The Tree of Life. In the second part of the hour, they talked about an event called New York Encounter that Fr. John and Fr. Paul recently attended.

Jesus calls us to love our enemies. But how can we do that when we don’t even love the people we like? When we often don’t effectively love ourselves?

Bishop Barron reflects on the basic message of Christianity. Is it merely about justification or our own personal salvation? Or is there much more to it than that?

In this hour, Brandon Clark, RPR Programming Coordinator, and Gloria Purvis, host of EWTN's Morning Glory, continued the live coverage from the Capitol building in St. Paul, MN. They sat down with Bishop Michael Hoeppner of the Diocese of Crookston and Bishop John LeVoir of the Diocese of New Ulm to talk about our call to spread the Gospel message through the political arena.

In this hour, Steve Splonskowski, RPR Executive Director, and Brandon Clark, Programming Coordinator, came to you live from the Capitol building in St. Paul, MN. They sat down with Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and Bishop John Quinn of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester to talk more about this day of prayer and advocacy. Steve and Brandon then visited with Nichole Heinrichs, also of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, about her role as a District Leader and the power of stories and how they can impact others.

In this hour, host Michael Wilde came to you live from the RiverCentre in St. Paul, MN. He previewed this year's Catholics at the Capitol event and its importance as he visited with Jason Adkins, Executive Director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, and Bishop Andrew Cozzens of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.