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The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

WOF 062: Listener Q&A with Bishop Barron

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Normally, in each episode we take one listener question. But we've received such a large number of outstanding questions from around the globe that we've decided to devote another episode to answering a range of questions from listeners like you. Bishop Barron answers several questions, rapid fire, on many different topics.

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Topics Discussed

  • 0:17  - Intro: Bishop Barron talks about Marriage as a sacrament
  • 2:23 - Why was it necessary for Jesus to be baptized?
  • 5:47 - Why is Jesus named "Jesus" and not Emanuel as the prophet predicted?
  • 7:39 - Why are there so many names for God in the Old Testament, is "God" sufficient?
  • 12:21 - By what means was Jesus able to avoid sin?
  • 15:50 - What does Chesterton mean when he says, "The pint, the pipe, and the cross can all fit together."?
  • 18:40 - Why did God allow the devil to exist?
  • 22:05 - Besides Saint Joseph, what saints should new husbands and fathers study?
  • 23:55 - Is there certain a disposition towards goodness that some people are born with while others are prone to struggle?

Bonus Resources

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and, again, be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another episode of the Word on Fire Show.

0:07.7

I'm Brandon Vat the Content Director at Word on Fire.

0:10.9

And today we have a special interview episode, a listener Q&A episode with Bishop Baron

0:17.0

who's with us in studio.

0:18.2

Bishop Baron, welcome.

0:19.2

Brandon, it's always a joy to be with you.

0:20.9

How are you doing today?

0:22.2

I'm doing great.

0:23.2

My wife and I just got back home from a cross country trip from Orlando to Santa Barbara.

0:28.7

We were there in your neck of the woods to celebrate the wedding of a good pair of

0:33.4

friends of ours, John and Emily Karnie.

0:36.2

They got married at the mission there in Santa Barbara and you were there.

0:40.1

Of course, you were celebrating the nub-shool mass and you gave a homily.

0:44.5

Talk a little bit about this event and I want to note especially in your homily, you

0:49.7

looked at the significance of marriage and talked about how it was unique among the other

0:53.8

sacraments.

0:54.8

Maybe you can tell us a little about that.

0:57.0

Yeah, it was a joy, of course, to preside at that wedding.

0:59.2

I've known John for a long time and he's worked at Word on Fire for about five years and

1:04.0

then Emily is new wife, lovely gal.

1:06.8

So it was a wonderful experience.

1:08.7

And I made that point that it's kind of a peculiarity of Catholic sacramental theology

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