Special Broadcasts

Most of life is made up of unimpressive moments and unimpressive seasons. If we are constantly waiting for the next “peak moment“ we will miss out on most of life…and also most peak moments.

In today’s episode, Bishop Barron fields questions from people all over the world, including:

- How do I evangelize in remote areas where people are simple, and can’t even read the Bible, without dumbing down the message?

- What’s the Catholic response to worry and anxiety?

- Was Purgatory divinely revealed or just a human invention?

- How to evangelize young people about hot-button issues without sounding preachy and condemnatory?

- When praying, should we always go to God with requests or can we sometimes just praise him?

- How can God be outside the universe but still have an effect on it?

- Can you talk about Rabbi Wolpe’s argument against the Trinity, that if God is perfect, how could there be three persons in the Trinity?

During this month's episode, the Rutten brothers reflected on their movie of the month: Tommy Boy.

Picking up from where we left off last week, Sharon takes us to John 1, where we

count the days as described by John. Day 1: the Jewish leaders come to visit John in the wilderness

wondering if he is Elijah returned or the prophet or even the Messiah. Day 2: Upon seeing Jesus, John

cries out, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!” Day 3: the call of the first

disciples, including Andrew and his brother Simon, whom Christ renames Peter. Day 4: the call of Phillip

and Nathanael.

Dr. Chris Burgwald talks with Msgr. Charles Mangan about the role and importance of a diocesan bishop.

Dr. Chris talks with Emily Leedom about the importance of knowing our identity as sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father and what that means for us.

After finishing the theme of identity, this lecture then turns to John the Baptist, whose purpose was to bear witness to Christ. John is the voice in the wilderness preparing the way for the Lord as prophesied by Isaiah. Sharon then focuses on typology: John, the new Elijah and Jesus, the new Moses. She concludes her lecture with the first of several examples of bridegroom imagery found in John’s Gospel.

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: God Showed His Justice in the Past by Withholding His Hand. Abraham’s Faith Was Credited to Him as Justice

There are seasons of silence, and hiddenness, and brokenness in all of our lives. These times are not just useful, they are necessary for us to become the kind of people God needs us to be.

The hit movie 1917 vividly depicts the horrors of World War I, including its great spiritual peril. In this episode, Bishop Barron reflects on the Great War, discussing its impact on twentieth-century theology and philosophy, the Pope, and the Catholic Church’s relationship to the world.

A listener asks why Jesus chose to live a quiet, mostly obscure life.