Special Broadcasts

In a recent article for The Atlantic, David Brooks claims “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake.” He contends that the model of a married couple with 2.5 kids was an anomaly in the 1950s and 1960s, and that this nuclear family model is no longer working for many Americans, especially those who are less privileged. To address this family crisis, Brooks argues we need to break out of the nuclear-family-is-best mindset and “thicken and broaden” family relationships by incorporating extended families and “families of choice” (e.g., friends, co-religionists, and other voluntary groups living together) as better ways to raise children. Bishop Barron offers his thoughts on the article and how they compare with Catholic social teaching on the family.

A listener asks how to define beauty prove that it’s objective?

Dr. Chris talks with Dr. Carole Brown about her answer to the question, What does it mean to be a Christian?

Our lives can be spent wishing for certain outcomes. But a security built on specific outcomes is a conditional and temporary security. We need true hope to walk in confidence.

As we transition from John 6 to John 7, Sharon teaches us about the significance of bread throughout the story of salvation history. The theme of bread is intertwined with the theme of tabernacles. After the Israelites finally arrive in the Promised Land, they built a substantial, yet still

temporary tabernacle at Shiloh. 400 years later, the Lord admonishes David about the lack of a permanent tabernacle, but forbade David from actually building it, leaving it to his son Solomon to complete the task.

We live in an insecure world, but God’s mercy is stable.

Jesus has naturally been a key person of interest for Western thought, but over the last few hundred years, there have been some major shifts in what scholars describe as the “quest for the historical Jesus.”

Bishop Barron provides an overview of these developments and the problematic attempt to separate the “Jesus of history” from the “Christ of Faith.”

Dr. Chris talks with Deacon James Keating about how to find Easter joy in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic and everything that's happening because of it.

In the first part of this month's episode, the Rutten brothers reflected on sin and the need for forgiveness. During the second half hour, they talked about COVID-19 and how we can still encounter Jesus and be filled with hope.

In this lesson, Dr. Jan George, a retired university teacher of literature with a Master of Theology from the University of Dallas and founder of Sacred Heart Productions, discusses: A Life Freed From the Slavery of Sin, Created Free by God, Set Free by Christ

Moving into the heart of John 6, Sharon shows us the Old Testament pre-figurement of the Eucharist, beginning with the animal sacrifices prescribed throughout Torah. Even though the Israelites ate manna in the desert, they sill died. Jesus, the new Moses, is the heavenly bread that gives us eternal life. Sharon transitions to a teaching about the Jewish feast days, showing us how Jesus fulfills the feast days that are law as described in Torah.