Special Broadcasts

We spend our lives on any number of pursuits. It is a great gift to discover someone to whom you can give your life. Fathers are meant to be this gift for their children. Christ is this gift for us. In His strength and service, Jesus is the model of fatherhood: when you find something worth living for, the best gift is your presence.

Dr. Chris interviews Carl Olson about the twentieth century American author and convert, Walker Percy.

How do we share the Faith in a culture where many people don’t understand what we mean by words like “sin” or “salvation”—and where the media constantly bombards us with the idea that the teachings of the Church are irrelevant, outdated, or bigoted?

All too often, people aren’t even interested in hearing about the Faith! Especially when we seek to reach young people or bring back those who have left the Church, we must find ways to communicate more effectively—in short, to make our arguments meaningful. Here, the imagination is essential, but often neglected.

In this sample lesson from her Word on Fire Institute course, Dr. Holly Ordway focuses on the role of the imagination in apologetics, showing how attention to language and meaning can make the work of catechesis and evangelization much more effective.

Over the years, a number of saints have experienced a spiritual marriage with Jesus,

and Sharon tells us the story of Catherine of Sienna who suffered from the invisible stigmata in her union

with Christ. Turning back to the foot-washing, Sharon shows us the spiritual meaning of this story.

Before a wedding, the bride must be blemish-free, washed free of the stain of sin. Baptism cleanses us

from original sin, while reconciliation removes the filth of all other sin in our lives.

Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

What we love determines the course of our lives more than anything else.

Last month, Jon Steingard, frontman of the Christian rock group Hawk Nelson, revealed that “he no longer believes in God” after spending his life as a devout Christian. His prominent de-conversion was profiled by The TODAY Show, People Magazine, NPR, and numerous other outlets. In today’s episode of “The Word on Fire Show,” Bishop Barron and Brandon Vogt explore the reasons Steingard gave to explain why he lost his faith.

A listener asks how to explain to a “none” the role of the Church’s magisterium.

Dr. Chris interviews Chris Motz about the importance of political engagement for Catholics.

Chapter 13 of the Gospel of John marks the end of the Book of Signs and the

beginning of the Book of Glory. The hour of glory—the hour of the crucifixion—has started. Chapters

13-16 are an extended discourse by Jesus, who is preparing his disciples for his exodus, his departure

from this world back to his heavenly Father. The washing of the disciples’ feet is laden with nuptial

imagery, a theme that runs throughout the entire Bible.

The narrative that science and Christianity are enemies is false. Not only are they not enemies but Christianity helped science develop beyond the limits imposed on it by ancient cosmologies. In this sample lesson from her Word on Fire Institute course titled “Science for Evangelists,” Dr. Trasancos introduces us to the basics of science and why there is no real conflict between science and Christianity.

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Dr. Chris interviews Ken Ogorek about what it means to be a Christian.