Evil
Fate of the Prophet
by Bishop Robert Barron . August 18, 2019 .
Our readings for today develop a theme that is uncomfortable. Authentically religious people, authentically spiritual people, will almost always be opposed. The logic behind this is simple and unanswerable: we live in a world gone wrong, a world turned upside down; therefore, when someone comes speaking the truth to us, we will think that they are crazy and dangerous. Jesus’ word is meant to burn things up, to reduce things to cinders, to clear things out. A get-along attitude is never what Jesus is calling for. I know that we are uneasy with this idea, but the Bible isn’t. To love is to will the good of the other. Therefore, to love necessarily involves passionate opposition to what works evil in the other. True love destroys the false forms of order and community in order for the true community to emerge.
How Do We Respond with Love to a Crying World?
by Chris Hazell . June 21, 2016 .
How Our Sins Ripple Out, Touching the Whole World
by Elizabeth Scalia . May 23, 2019 .
Christ, the Good Shepherd
by Fr. Steve Grunow . May 10, 2019 .
“Ralph Breaks the Internet” and Satan‘s Attacks
by Rachel Bulman . May 8, 2019 .
Peterson, Newman, and the Cross
by Matthew Becklo . March 13, 2019 .
Bishop Barron on “Bird Box”
by Bishop Robert Barron . January 24, 2019 .
The film “Bird Box,” based on a British novel of the same name, started streaming on Netflix around Christmas time. Starring Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich, it is a taut thriller that manages, perhaps despite itself, to shed considerable light on the parlous spiritual condition of contemporary culture.
“Bird Box” and Spiritual Warfare
by Bishop Robert Barron . January 17, 2019 .
The film “Bird Box,” based on a British novel of the same name, started streaming on Netflix around Christmas time. Starring Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich, it is a taut thriller that manages, perhaps despite itself, to shed considerable light on the parlous spiritual condition of contemporary culture.
