WOF 123: Religion and “A Quiet Place”

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 16 April 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

John Krasinski's new film, A Quiet Place, which he both directs and stars in, may at first seem like a typical thriller, with lurking monsters threatening to kill everyone in their path. But it's actually a surprisingly religious movie, as Bishop Barron explains, witnessing to the monastic response to evil, the dignity of life, and the sacrificial death of Christ on the Cross. A listener asks about the next steps for someone who has said "yes" to Jesus and the Church.

*SPOILER ALERT!* This episode contains spoilers so only listen after you've seen the film, or if you don't plan to see it.

Topics Discussed

0:04 - Introduction, Bishop Barron's vacation
2:25 - What is the plot summary of the movie?
4:40 - Did John Krasinski intend on making this a religious movie?
6:25 - What are some of the key religious motifs presented in the film?
10:20 - How does this movie display the beauty of the pro-life argument?
15:25 - How does the Christus Victor theory of atonement become a motif within this film?
18:50 - How does the Church draw parallels with the ending of A Quiet Place?
21:40 - Question - What are the next steps for someone who has said "Yes" to Jesus/Church?

Have a question for Bishop Barron? Go to AskBishopBarron.com!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vat the host and joining us again is Bishop
0:09.7	Robert Barron, Bishop Barron. Welcome back to the show. Hey Brandon, always good to be with you.
0:15.1	Always great to be with you. Now we're still here in the Easter season, which I know for you is
0:19.2	a little bit of a relief because you had, I think, one of the most grueling months of your entire
0:25.4	episcopacy in terms of travel and events and things here and there. But then after Holy Week,
0:30.3	you had at least a little bit of a rest. How's your post-easter recuperation coming?
0:35.1	It was good. I, um, it's in the room right next to where I'm recording this. There's a big
0:38.7	calendar on the wall that has all my, you know, appointments. And I was so grateful we put a big
0:43.0	X through March because March was, as you say, I think it was the toughest month I've ever had.
0:49.4	Washington for over a week at the USCCB, then back to Anaheim for the Religious Ed Congress for
0:55.2	like three days, then right on another plane up to San Francisco for Google, then St. Mary's College,
1:00.1	Maraga, then a talk to all the priests of San Francisco. Then I got home and I had right away two
1:06.3	confirmations, big confirmations followed by Pomsunday immediately followed the next day by our own
1:12.6	chrism mass here in LA, which is an all day affair, then Holy Week right away, right into Holy Week.
1:18.9	So I happened to notice there were five days right after Easter with nothing on my calendar. So I
1:23.6	said to my assistant, okay, okay, I'm declaring a vacation. And I want all of you to stay home because
1:29.3	yeah, I live where I work. I live right here at the, at the office. So I said to my assistant, you
1:34.3	guys just stay home for five days and give me, I don't want to travel anywhere. I've been traveling.
1:38.8	I don't want to get on a plane. I just want to stay here in my house quietly and for five days.
1:43.8	So I did. But then the minute it was over, I had to go up north, I did two big confirmations. And
1:49.6	so I'm back in the saddle again. So what is, what is Bishop Aaron do for five days to rest and
1:55.2	recover? Bishop Aaron sits on the porch. There's a lovely porch in the back of the house here that
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