Pope Francis Encyclical, DILEXIT NOS (Oct 24, 2024)
ENCYCLICAL LETTERDILEXIT NOSOF THE HOLY FATHERFRANCISON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVEOF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRISTLink: DILEXIT NOS“HE LOVED US”, Saint Paul says of Christ (cf. Rom 8:37), in order to make us realize that nothing can ever “separate us” from that love (Rom 8:39). Paul could say this with certainty because Jesus himself had told his disciples, […]
Podcast: Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons
- The Adventure of Salvation February 26, 2026Friends, on this Second Sunday of Lent, our first reading about Abraham and Matthew’s account of the Transfiguration orient us to a basic biblical principle. God has made us to go out from ourselves, to experience the splendor of reality. The more we let go of ourselves and our prerogatives—and the less we try to grasp and […]Bishop Robert Barron
- The Serpent’s Slogans February 17, 2026Friends, we commence the holy and wonderful season of Lent, the time of preparation for Easter. I always think of Lent as something like spring training for baseball players, or like the end of the summer workouts for football players. It’s a time to get back to spiritual basics, to reacquaint ourselves with the elemental […]Bishop Robert Barron
- Which Path Will You Choose? February 11, 2026Friends, this Sunday, right before the commencement of Lent, the Church is giving us something of great moment to reflect on—namely, the centrality of freedom and choice for the good at the center of the spiritual life. As Thomas More puts it in A Man for All Seasons, “God made animals for innocence and plants for […]Bishop Robert Barron