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The Devil: A Father Barron Commentary

Well, in the sixth chapter of Mark’s Gospel we find the account of Jesus sending his disciples out on a mission. They’re going to preach, they’re going to heal… but the first thing he tells them is,...

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“To Rome With Love” – A movie review by Fr. Barron

Who would have thought 20 years ago that Woody Allen would emerge as a defender of traditional morality? But I don’t know of a way to avoid that conclusion… Watch and listen to Fr. Barron’s movie...

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“The Dark Knight Rises” – A movie review by Fr. Barron

Well all religions deal in one way or the other with the problem of evil – both how to explain it and how to solve it. Think of the example of Buddhism which proposes that all life is suffering and the...

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Is Hell Crowded or Empty?

Rob Bell is an evangelist and pastor – a leader in this emerging church movement. He’s written a book called Love Wins and it’s a book about eternal life. And he stakes out a more or less Universalist...

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Paul Ryan and Catholic Social Teaching

Well, for many people on the left, Paul Ryan is a menace – he seems to be the very embodiment of cold and indifferent Republicanism. And for many people on the right, he is a knight in shining armor…...

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Scientism and God’s Existence – Father Barron Comments

Well, given the ruminations of Stephen Hawking and Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, one would have thought that the absolute limits of scientistic arrogance had been reached, but I suppose that we...

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Why do we pray for the dead?

Editor’s Note: Fr. Barron addresses why we pray for the dead… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVH8hNsBJdo Father Barron can be found on the Internet at: Word On Fire CATHOLICISM Please help us in our...

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Developing a Deep Prayer Life – The Most Important Talk You Will Ever Hear

Editors Note: Sister Regina Marie, O.C.D. is the Vicar General of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles.  At the time of the conference talk, she was Mother Regina Marie,...

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Have You Heard the New Exsultet?

The joy of Easter and the Risen Lord is upon us… Christ is Risen!  Truly, He is Risen! Have you heard the new translation and setting of the Exsultet intoned? I was unable, due to illness, to proclaim...

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Modernity and Morality – Father Barron Comments

One of the most significant fault lines in cultural history opened up in the 16th and 17th centuries, with the emergence of a characteristically modern way of approaching life… Watch and listen to Fr....

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Pope Francis: Time’s Man of the Year — Father Barron Comments

Well, I am glad indeed that Time Magazine has made Pope Francis its Man of the Year for 2013. Francis clearly has captured the imagination of the world. I think it’s fair to say he’s breathed a kind of...

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Dr. Kreeft Responds to the Culture’s Objections to Heaven

Heaven Even the skeptic who does not believe in heaven has a heaven-shaped heart. The deck is stacked and the dice are loaded, loaded with the love of heaven. Amor meus, pondus meum, said Augustine:...

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The Season of Lent — Father Barron Comments

The three classical practices the Church associates with Lent are prayer, fasting and almsgiving; three things that we do. It’s important to emphasize about Lent… we can internalize it too much;...

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Pope Francis and the “Joy of the Gospel” — Fr. Barron Comments

“Well an emergency has a way of focusing the mind and establishing priorities. So if a fire breaks out in a home, the inhabitants of that home will set aside their squabbling and they will get together...

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Noah: A Post-Modern Midrash

Darren Aronofsky’s cinematic re-telling of the story of Noah has certainly stirred people up.  While quite a few reviewers, both religious and non-religious, have given the film high marks, many...

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One of My New Favorite Podcasts: Good Things Radio

When I heard that Jennifer Willits, from The Catholics Next Door and New Evangelizers, was starting a podcast on her own, I was waiting online to download it. After I listened to the first episode, I...

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Scientism and God’s Existence – Father Barron Comments

Well, given the ruminations of Stephen Hawking and Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, one would have thought that the absolute limits of scientistic arrogance had been reached, but I suppose that we...

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