WOF 039: St. Catherine of Siena, The Mystic
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
Brandon Vogt
4.9 ā¢ 5.8K Ratings
šļø 6 September 2016
ā±ļø 27 minutes
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Summary
We are taking the next few episodes of the show to discuss each of the great men and women featured inĀ Word on Fire's epic new film series, CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players. Today we're focusing onĀ St. Catherine of Siena. One of the most beguiling figures in Church history, St. Catherine had a profound connection to the Lord that was displayed by her miraculous mysticism, her impact on the papacy, and her love for the poor. OurĀ listener question asks Bishop Barron how he chose the Pivotal Players and what's next on the horizon for Word On Fire.
*In this episode we include a limited time Word on Fire Show discount on CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal PlayersĀ withĀ CouponĀ Code:Ā SIENA33
Click on www.PivotalPlayers.com to purchase and act now because this offer expires soon!
Topics Discussed
- 1:15 Ā -Ā Bishop Barron discusses his upcoming trip to Rome
- 2:44Ā - Who was Saint Catherine of Siena?
- 7:33Ā - How does St. Catherine represent the power of women in the Church?
- 10:20Ā - What is found in St. Catherine's "Dialogues with God"?
- 13:31Ā -Why does St. Catherine use the metaphor of a bridge for Christ?
- 15:13Ā - How is St. Catherine a doctor of grace?
- 16:23Ā - How is St. Catherine accessible to people unfamiliar with mysticism?
- 19:00Ā - Why is it significant that she is named a "Doctor of the Church"?
- 21:00Ā - Why is Saint Catherine a pivotal player?
- 22:35Ā - Listener Question: How did Bishop Barron choose the Pivotal Players?
BonusĀ Resources
- Calendar and Prayer Cards
- Pivotal Players Calendar (Bishop Barron)
- Pivotal Players Prayer CardsĀ (Bishop Barron)
- Books
- Praying with the Pivotal PlayersĀ (Bishop Barron)
- Study Guides
- CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players - Leader's GuideĀ (Bishop Barron)
- CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players - Study GuideĀ (Bishop Barron)
- CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players - Leaders Kit (Bishop Barron)
- DVDs
- CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players (Bishop Barron)
Find bonus links and resources for this episodeĀ at http://WordOnFireShow.comĀ and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vat, the content director at Word |
| 0:07.0 | on Fire. And with me, as he is every single week, is the founder of Word on Fire, the host |
| 0:13.2 | of the Catholicism series and the new series, Catholicism, the Pivotal players, Bishop |
| 0:18.1 | Robert Barron. Bishop Barron, welcome. Thanks, Brandon. How you doing today? Doing very |
| 0:23.2 | well. We're excited that Pivotal players has finally gotten off the ground. It seems |
| 0:27.3 | like it's been months and years since we first started working on this project, but it's |
| 0:32.0 | finally released. So hopefully a lot of people listening to this, you've already received |
| 0:36.0 | your DVD, your Blu-ray copy. If not, if not, listen to this. This is going to be important. |
| 0:42.3 | We have a special coupon code for you. You can go right now to PivotalPlayers.com and |
| 0:47.9 | you can get $10 off with this coupon code. The code is Sienna33. And you'll know why |
| 0:54.6 | we're using that here in a second, but it's S-I-E-N-A-C-N-A 33, all one word. You'll |
| 1:01.0 | get $10 off the Pivotal players, DVD or Blu-ray set. So you're going to want to check that |
| 1:06.7 | out. Now, before we get into the main content of this episode, which is on St. Catherine |
| 1:11.6 | of Sienna, one of our Pivotal players, I wanted to talk to you, Bishop, about an exciting |
| 1:16.4 | trip you're going to be taking in a few days back to Rome. You've been to Rome here a few |
| 1:20.3 | times in the past year or two, but this time you're going for a unique occasion. Tell us |
| 1:25.3 | why you're heading over there and what you expect. |
| 1:27.3 | Well, I'm going to Rome for what they call Baby Bishop School. I shouldn't say they |
| 1:31.0 | call it that. We call it that. It's a school for those who have been named Bishop in the |
| 1:35.3 | past year. And it's a set of lectures and talks largely by curial officials from the Vatican. |
| 1:43.2 | And they address all the fellows who have been named Bishop this past year. So it's |
| 1:46.6 | kind of like an orientation to the Vatican and who's who and maybe some basic instruction |
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