Simply Catholicism is the Answer

Friends, the Catholic Church seems locked in constant disagreements, often between so-called liberal and conservative Catholics. But is there a third way to lead us out of this quagmire? Cardinal Francis George offers a compelling answer, which Brandon Vogt and I discuss on today’s episode of the “Word on Fire Show.”
A listener asks, did Jesus ever get sick?
00:00 | Intro
01:13 | New episodes of Bishop Barron Presents are back!
03:24 | Who was Cardinal Francis George?
06:31 | Cardinal George's critique of liberal Catholicism
09:45 | Why liberal Catholicism falls short of giving life
12:26 | Cardinal George's critique of conservative Catholicism
18:11 | Cardinal George's solution: simply Catholicism
20:53 | How Is Catholicism for our times and against our times?
23:38 | What Cardinal George might say to us today
24:39 | Listener question
26:41 | 2024 Wonder Conference
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[@user-pb9bx6wb6s]

​​@@BishopBarrondear bishop. I m watching the extreme persecution of Christian Nigerians its unbelievable 100.000 killed so far on the hands of those muslims ! 3 5 million Christian Nigerian have lost their farms to Muslim terrorists totally supported by their Muslim president Buhari and now Tinubu. bishop you are powerful close to the president why on earth nobody doing anything for them! why isn't the American bishops reaching out to the Nigerian bishops. why aren't t they given weapons to defend themselves against this HUGE GENOCIDE ! Why only Palestinians are on the news ! one word of the u.s government and its over. how long should this golgotha continue with the tacit collusion of the media. 3.500.000 Christians and their families stripped from their livelihood. being butchered limbs and all. somebody do something for Jesus sake. !

[@user-pb9bx6wb6s]

​@@BishopBarron dear bishop why is no one helping christians of Nigeria 100.000 killed and 3.5 million stripped from their lands and farms by muslims .someone help them .

[@guyguytchombi5425]

Thank you both for your work leading us and our Holy Church.

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the Bishiop Barron is hardly a mentor i know more than he does about biblical doctrine hands down

[@mitchhaight7517]

Thank Bishop Barron! Me and my wife and our son, his wife, and their daughter all began our conversion 4 years ago and all are now Catholic. Since then three more of their children have been born into the Church. You were, and continue to be, so important in our conversion.

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[@OrionOodama]

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[@susanparker767]

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[@benz8681]

Thank you Bishop. I hope to become Catholic and receive baptism and confirmation

[@susanparker767]

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[@m.k.m.3395]

I will be praying for you 🙏

[@robertmullen2083]

What makes Bishop Barron effective is his joy for Catholicism. He presents with certainty but always in kindness. So many others harp on negativity and controversy as they wake up every day looking for a fight. Can't imagine leading such a torturous life. Certainly hard to see the joy in those folks. Stay on the path Bishop Barron; you're doing great!

[@peterzinya1]

Barron doesnt badmouth prots which is rare. But there is nothing nice i can say about catholic dogma and practices.

[@liviasantos8698]

Thanks for the sanity, we really need this light now ❤❤❤

[@vegadog3053]

Love ya Bishop. I am working on becoming Catholic

[@BrianBenson-rc9mu]

Try to find a traditional Latin mass with a valid priest ordained in the pre Vatican 2 rite it will be an amazing experience.

[@CarolR-hw6qr]

Blessings on your journey.❤

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​@@BrianBenson-rc9mu, be respectful at any Catholic Church ❤

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[@O_G_stretch]

Bishop Barron is a great man who makes me strive to be a better Catholic

[@susanparker767]

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[@marypinakat8594]

Getting attacked from both the left and the right 😮 but the fact is that Bishop Barron is getting more admirers than anyone else 😅 ✨⭐🌟👍

[@lorimcclure2651]

This moved me to tears. I miss Cardinal George, Pope John Paul 2, and Pope Benedict so much. Thank you Bishop Barron for reminding us of their wisdom and stability. You are a blessing!

[@jellybelly7629]

What is going on now in the Church hurts my soul. We must remember the gates of hell will never prevail over His Church. He never promised satan wouldn’t try. We’ve been through this before in history. But living through it is something totally different.

[@MrsSquishy2010]

Preach Bishop Barron🙌. I have Left/right fatigue , I just want to be Catholic.

[@susanparker767]

Amen 🙏🏼

[@akak8299]

I am more right leaning. I argue that you cannot cannot be a Catholic if you support wokeisn, gender ideolodt, abortion, euthanasia and other satanic liberal doctrines.

[@rebeccakahn3773]

"Simply Catholicism" could not be more beautiful. It has shown me a way to worship I never knew possible. I walk with God and feel His Spirit with me daily. Previously a Protestant, I never knew such grace existed. When I try to explain to my Protestant friends, they are not interested. I truly feel sorry for them, although I know they are believers. But what they are missing, words cannot express.

[@susanparker767]

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[@peterzinya1]

Prots are just as unsaved as catholics, but the big difference is prots dont kneel befor the works of their hands.

[@jellybelly7629]

I’m happy you are a Catholic now. And you are correct I feel pain in my soul for them. No one can experience Jesus like a Catholic. It truly is a privilege from Our Father. We have the Holy Eucharist. Jesus was VERY CLEAR that You MUST consume My Body and Blood to have eternal life with Him. There is no other way than through Him. God bless🕊💜🕊

[@emeriodagangon4172]

Continue to pray for their conversion

[@andrewheakes244]

Father Barron, I have been discerning the priesthood for the last two years. Almost since I became a Catholic. Your own priesthood is a model for me on how to live a Vocation. I saw you at WYD, you walked out from the people of God holding Christ to your chest. Your rigour for truth has help given me a love for beauty and the intellectual life that I remember having before the world began to blacken my heart. I know God has gifted you talents to build up others like other great men. I pray God helps me to have some kind of effect on some people like you have had on so many people.

[@blujeans9462]

Wow. That last section was so powerful. 'A plague on both your houses..' Could not have said it any better - both in the Church and the secular world.

[@bekblaku1364]

Amen! Me too!

[@user-wi2hp1ir4m]

What I love about Catholicism, I love when I was going to my church, I LOVED getting on my knees before GOD to honor HIM and all that he HE is and REPRESENTS. That's my favorite part about all of it. And witnessing AND doing the worship for HIM. Love the incense and the whole mass experience even though I was still new at it and had allot learning to do

[@hotconcrete]

@@AaronMitchell-rs3jp Explain additionally why you cannot and will not return to the Church? I did not see your reason(s) in your post. Thanks.

[@TecOneself]

I love to call the Priest Father as a portal with the Lord, I always say thank you Sister for your service I also try. They always smile as no one would, they know what it takes 100%, they're superior to me, yet there are other lands to enter and translate or understand. We all have an unique role, or changing role. It be nice you stop demanding those whom serve, regarding of titles there must be a connection with authority for you to see, create with or set apart to respect others form prayer. Problems we all have, non is perfect. @@AaronMitchell-rs3jp

[@TecOneself]

I love your comment, I feel the same way. Yet I'm very picky to go to a place for how the Priest forms his speech and need of belonging. Also like meditations from India and dancing, yet never gave the Catholic experience away, is always first when comparing, yet exercise with the body and mind also trained me.

[@DadoMac]

@@AaronMitchell-rs3jp Come to think of it- What How did Jesus, when he was much younger, addressed his adoptive father, St Joseph? ("Hey man!") Did He really forbid anyone to call their biological father, "father' 'daddy' "papa' (all synonymous with father)? By the way He also said call no one 'teacher' or 'rabbi'.He was a Jew, listened to the Rabbis.He can read the scripture, so he was taught by a teacher. Really? He simply forbid those? Or in context, as he was referring to the pharisees, He meant 'don't be cocky! You listened to the false teachers obviously.

[@CarolR-hw6qr]

Great episode. Extreme radical left and right isn't the answer. Simply Catholic is. Example, politics. All radical left and right. No middle ground. No common sense or decency. Just the motto....my way, or no way.❤

[@ImHavinaHoot]

Yes!! This is such an important discussion and so eloquently explained. I pray daily for the unity of all Christians so we can get on with serving the Lord and eachother! ✝️🙏🏼🛐

[@SimplyCatholic]

Thank you Bishop Barron and Word on Fire. God Bless

[@josephinewalker6181]

Thank You Lord for giving such wonderful, brilliant minds to our church. As a simple soul i cling tightly to their coat tails.

[@shj0792]

I really love this! And I think Bishop Barron is teaching us so much and modeling. Such integrity. In our own lives, and in our own faith, we have to be willing to look at the good bad and the ugly and sometimes it is the ugly that can show us the error of our way. We know that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord! I love that Bishop Barron is not afraid to look. After all, we have an obligation to pass on this faith, and as he says, we want to pass on the faith that brings life and not death !

[@jennakhivkapratt8751]

He's very good at modeling. He exudes kindness in such an approachable but vaguely stern way.

[@marichucaterial7045]

I am your follower Bishop Bob. Thank you very much for all that you do for us to be more informed about our faith.We are becoming a better Catholic. Best regards from Bukidnon, Philippines! ❤❤❤❤

[@kristinagochnour3131]

So well said! I've been dismayed at the conservative vs liberal within the church. This is an important topic and I'm glad to see Bishop Barron discuss it.

[@johnwake1001]

Thank you Bishop Barron! This is the path of wisdom - away from the extremes and closer to Christ. What’s the best is that there were these amazing great people urging us to abandon tribalism long before we got to the present state. I pray we finally hear their voice.

[@tracycameron5099]

I love Bishop Barron. His sweet way encourages me so much.

[@lynnemcdonogh4308]

Your Word on Fire Ministry reminds me of Isaiah 41:19. “See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers.” Bishop Barron your gifting brings a commodity so vital to life - balance. Without balance there is no order. The polarisation for me brings confusion, the fruit of which is division. The human spirit does not thrive in a war zone. Surely you are well placed “for such a time as this.” Esther 4:14 Thank you for this wonderful show Bishop Barron and Brandon. It has provided me with hope - a way in the wilderness and streams in a desert. May God continue to bless you both abundantly Bishop Barron and Brandon and this ministry as you hold light in the darkness 🙏🏻🕯🕊

[@susanparker767]

Amen 🙏🏼

[@lynntparsons]

Exactly , thank you, Bishop Barron . Love Wins 💗 🙏

[@markofarrell5634]

Well done Bishop Robert Emmet Barron!!!

[@Jimwaugh8]

Bishop Barron is such a hero!

[@brendamyc3173]

God is the hero! Bishop Robert gets his heroism from Him as a gift of the Holy Spirit!

[@sheahennessy6644]

I'm so comforted by Father B. thankyou

[@csikomas8910]

Bishop I have followed your message for some years and I’ve subsequently joined WOF and I do see where you get your strategies from, and I appreciate so much that you follow Vatican II and Saint John Paul II. You are the calm in the storm even as you light a fire in souls.. May this fire spread to all cultures.

[@lorneflavelle7920]

A A proud Canadian Catholic. Thank you for all your spiritual talks.

[@anneturner2759]

Ok ,that’s it , I’m coming to that conference. Fantastic line up. Adorable to see B.B. get tripped up by a six year old and her question. 😂 “ I have to think more about that one”. Thanks gentleman.

[@marylouandrade366]

Oh my goodness, I love this little girl question 😂❤

[@lornavaughan-bb7gp]

Thank you Bishop Barron and Brandon. I just love to listen to both of you on the word on fire show. GOD bless you both abundantly 🙌♥️🌹

[@taylorpiercey3190]

Peace be with you.

[@joelmontero9439]

I definitely wouldn't have become Catholic if it were not for Bishop Barron. God bless you all

[@susanparker767]

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[@johndonoghue7375]

Thank you Bishop! The question from the 6 year old stump this old Catholic!

[@michelleharkness7549]

❤ look 👀 forward ( Roman Catholic) - USA 🇺🇸

[@sheilahebert5190]

Bishop Barron, thank you for making me understand our Catholic faith.

[@davidthehermit7813]

I’m so thankful to be Roman Catholic and a follower of Jesus Christ

[@splinterbyrd]

15.30 Absolutely agree with the Cardinal. There is no such thing as Conservative Christianity or Liberal Christianity. A thing is either Christian or it isn't. In the Christian Faith there are too many conservatives too many liberals and not enough Christians.

[@hotconcrete]

AMEN!

[@AndrewKendall71]

I think Catholicism as "a both/and tradition" is borne out in the example of the churches at Jerusalem and Antioch very early on. Antioch was a combination of peoples who would not otherwise naturally be thought of as friendly at all, never mind as a united community. This testified to the gospel, not their form or language, their gospel was their unity. The Kingdom flag must fly highest. This is more important in today's disunified body than ever.

[@johnodonnell4269]

Thanks once again Bishop Barron. I get so much solid food from listening to you. Blessings. 🙏

[@carolesaldanha8806]

Love you Bishop Baron I’m always drawn to your speaking events and your talks - the Seven Deadly Sins and your Word On Fire episodes in particular. Thank you so much. Stay blessed and keep on enlightening the flock. We need your guiding thoughts.

[@richardorduno6492]

To all those who are becoming a catholic I am very happy and welcome you all with a god bless and the journey is endless god bless brothers and sisters of Christ

[@gejovibo]

Gracias Obispo Barron; sus videos siempre tan enriquecedores!

[@philomenabyrne6186]

Thank you both so much for sharing and God bless you 🙏❤️

[@Rugbylacroose4life]

God Bless you Bishop! Thank you!!

[@rtoczek]

What a powerful and wonderful presentation! I've never seen Bishop Barron so on fire. I mean, he's on fire for sure, but he was really on fire in this. Thank you Bishop Barron and Brandon. This is one of my favorites.

[@m.k.m.3395]

Great topic, Bishop! I pray for all the work you do.

[@shenliu9253]

God bless you Bishop!

[@user-zz8rg9nt4i]

Keep up your inspirational messages! Blessings, Anne P. Of WV.❤

[@beckylips]

AMEN!!! We need more of this. Christ did not come to the world to condemn it but to lift it up. We are not of the world but in the world. When Jesus Christ, Himself, came to save us - it was from our sins, not the worldly powers. May the Lord continue to bless your important ministry.

[@somebodyu.used2know]

Happy Ash Wednesday Bishop & all at Word on Fire! May God continue to bless you and keep you

[@nancybackus338]

Thank you, Bishop Barron!

[@Ladyoffidelity14]

Loved this whole video. This is exactly what everyone needs to remember now days 💖

[@christopherbates1428]

Thanks so much for sharing this with us!! Bishop Barron proves that the centre can hold. God please grant us more bishops in this mold so the civil war can finally end.🙏🙏🙏

[@184cWayne]

Bishop Barron continues to convict, challenge, and inspire with authenticity and is humble in his intellectual application. Bishop Barron for Pope!

[@clairemcintosh8071]

Thank you and God bless you Bishop Barron, Brendan and all at WOF. I've not really fully understood the " isms" in the Catholic church over the years as it always seemed far from the simplicity and honesty of Christ and the Good News, always felt like over politicitsing and self glorifying, even egotistic, although my understanding has evolved from absolute ignorance in me through listening the BB/WOF articles etc. I am now hand on heart say "plague on both your houses" - Sticking and remaining in Simply Catholicism, understanding much better what these isms, God bless all God's creatures and His Will be done🙏🏻.

[@elizabethlockner3968]

Loved the interview with Fr. Fessio.

[@michaelparsons3007]

Excited to hear about this year‘s wonder conference lineup

[@mikebrookbankguitarvocals7322]

Thank you for the clarification. I look forward to any future claificatio he might have.

[@jamesglynn1424]

Press on Bishop. You are a compelling voice for us all. You are straightening out twisted lives and pointing them to much higher things.

[@jclar7210]

Dear Bishop Barron when are you going to interview Dr. Peter Kreeft, he's one of my favorite people of the Catholic faith i enjoy listening to along with a couple of others, Father Mike, and more. I think that Dr. Kreeft is an important figure. Thank you for all you do, God Bless!!

[@joemoser5828]

Thanks Bishop been listening to you for some time now! Keep it coming!

[@GodsWhisper940]

Thank you Bishop.

[@gabbygutierrez1885]

Loved this topic. Thank you

[@user-fm1ws2ft4f]

Not ultra liberal, not ultra conservativeNot the "middle" but the HEART" of the Church. Open to all, but grounded in TRUTH.

[@user-zz8rg9nt4i]

I have a vey intelligence niece. A mature woman, admires you for your knowledge. She is a speaker For some colleges. May you continue to inspire many people Of all ages. God May continue to Hear your inspiring talks. Sincerely, Anne Pinti of w. Va. I thank God as I have lived to see my 23rd great grandchild. Avery is a newborn is another giftfromGod

[@user-zz8rg9nt4i]

Intelligent mispelled above

[@user-zz8rg9nt4i]

Her name makes me think of (Ave) Like the Blessed Mother! Isn’t that Honorable to our Blessed Mother! Avery is her name, my 23rd great grandchild! Love Nana Anne Her middle name is Anne after several relations . Love Anne P. The Great Nanas! 23:44 😊

[@theologyofthebody2870]

@@user-zz8rg9nt4iI hope you get this soon and finds you well! I love your name. Reminds me of the Blessed Mother. How wonderful to witness so many miracles. God love you.

[@OrionOodama]

Great and very timely episode! I thought I'm leaning towards the trad or conservative side, as it is my way (I believe) of respecting faithful Catholics that come before us. Now this episode opens up or reconsider the good changes of today's Faith without compromising on Its entirety. Bishop Barron's 12-plus minute talk that "diversity, equality, and inclusivity are not absolute values" is my most played video of his, because I thought our churches are too welcoming to the point it loses and blurring out the Church's identity. Now I realized there must be wisdom and balance to implement such without imposing. Gosh, the beauty and mystique of "and/both" principle, and I guess it'll take for me a long time (if not a lifetime) to figure things out. Hopefully you saw that said video released 2-3 years ago. I thought that and this episode would complement well.

[@doulk2476]

Thank You. your Ecellency.

[@user-hi2xk2hy9f]

Superb statement of a potentially truly unified, transcendent, holy, apostolic & evangelical & orthodox church; TY for this brief summary. TYVM!

[@brixiex2580]

Episcopal here - thanks Bishop.

[@shelley.sample2504]

Simply Catholic, simply orthodox... neither "right" nor "left." Thank you both for this conversation, and thank you, Cardinal George!

[@ewencameron4269]

HOLY SMOKES! One liner bombs going off everywhere in this amazing interview. Not the place here to quote them all but here’s one. “people won’t give their lives for a question mark but will for a quotation mark” I’ll always continue as a failed hypocritical follower of Christ in my conservative Protestant Church but Simply Catholicism is looking very admirable. For some crazy reason I’m reminded of looking thru a window into a tiny church on a beautiful morning in a beautiful spot located at the mouth of a river in England where sailors prayed before going off to fight the the Spanish Armada.

[@marcelamaria4205]

God bless you 🙏

[@noreenquinn3844]

The church needs a special singles mass every Sunday with a social after. Also other singles events like walks, philosophical discussions, a book club. This will address getting numbers in church and getting to know Jesus. It will address a deep loneliness and searching in society, too. In the absence of this, people are turning to drink etc.. Jesus himself would like this, I think. He had the temple in his youth to go to and discuss things and where he met others. It's a weird suggestion, I admit, but try it it might just work. Each person must be encouraged to bring a friend.

[@noreenquinn3844]

@@Te-legrammeBishopRobert_Barron Hello Bishop Barron, what can I do for you.

[@PhilHurleySJ]

So refreshing. Please do those other “several shows” unpacking Card. George’s description of a proactive “simply Catholicism”! AMDG

[@paulrubio3918]

This conversation is very insightful. It speaks to how the church can transcend left vs. right disagreement and ultimately tap into criticism that helps us grow in holiness before God. Bishop Barron demonstrates his genius in elaborating on "Simply Catholicism".

[@cathyphillips9120]

The most important discussion begins at minute 21:00. Thank you for this!! This is how I try to live, but I'm criticized by both the right and left!! I take comfort in this discussion.

[@thecatholicman]

Great video - This is the most important video ever on this channel.

[@mikebrookbankguitarvocals7322]

Thank you father for your excellent thoughts that help me so much in understanding my beautiful Catholic faith. And, to the little girs question as did Jesus ever get sick. I would have said sure, just like all of us (e.g. head cold, flu, measles, etc., just like the rest of us). He was fully human!

[@hotconcrete]

But that was exactly why Bishop Barron said he would have to reflect further on the question. He was born as the new Adam (Pre the fall) and as such may not have been sick, but he did tire, which was probably a part of Adam's Pre-Fall condition.

[@t.w.9016]

As a human without sin, Jesus would surely be subject to sickness like all humans but at the same time would be able to dismiss it through His divine power.

[@0_3_6_9_0]

Very articulated and accurately described. Thank you. Loved that good question about Jesus getting sick.

[@susanparker767]

Beautiful ✨🙏🏼✨

[@toddgruber5729]

This was an interesting conversation. I’ve been thinking over the last year or two about how the Catholic schools and families should teach, in a practical way, how to LIVE the Catholic lifestyle and WHAT that means and WHY…I know the schools and most Catholic parents try to help teach this but I’m talking about a more specific way of teaching it. I think parents can be good with instruction on the moral life and through example and the schools can teach theology, but it’s hard sometimes as a Catholic to pull all of that together to actually figure out HOW to really live the Catholic lifestyle…simply Catholic as Bishop was saying.

[@kumardias9348]

Great and very important words for today's day and age

[@NickKowtko859]

Amen thank you father

[@susanmccain5060]

What a wonderful question from sweet Amelia!

[@NorthCountry84]

I love the Latin Mass and the Ordinary Form at most parishes. And frequent both. I would probably love going to the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Rite too (only been a couple times). The extremes on conservative and liberal Catholics definitely have their problems. I appreciate this video and Bishop Barron’s take here.

[@greyforge27]

It's not easy to make room for different perspectives, or agree to disagree about fundamental principles, with other people within an institution that is (at least I perceive it as) one of the very last guardians of moral clarity and wisdom in western culture. It feels important to get it right. This is coming from the viewpoint of a more conservative/traditionalist observer

[@billo875]

Excellent. 🙏

[@user-cr9yo1qu4l]

Thank you, Bishop Barron. Alway a good reminder that our faith transcends culture!! A quick question. I love how you said, we are both for and against culture!! As those who are to be salt and light in the world, there seems to come a time when we are to shine as lights in the darkness. At what point...when it comes to issues within the church, do we take a stand for the historic, traditional Catholic faith? What is our measuring rod?? Thanks.

[@user-nn4vm2cb3n]

Hi from Hyattsville, MD, just outside Washington, DC

[@Barbara-zp8iu]

Thank you, some very profound commentary here, this idea of 'Simple Catholicism'. Friar Roderic on another channel once explained very well the high ground of the 'middle position'; not the wishy-washy muddled middle but rather the powerful central position, the one for example Jesus took with the adulterous woman. The position that perfectly balances both sides of the scale. Listening to these current ideological battles raging in the church, it truly seems like the 'Adversary' is more invested in the battle itself - and subsequent carnage it produces - than in either side's potential victory. (He will make the best, so to speak, of either outcome by encouraging us to keep the pendulum as far away from the middle as he can). Like in most wars of men. We inflict the damage by robbing Peter to pay Paul.

[@Madisonrvr]

BB nailed it when he said the political factions of both colors are unable to 'make that move' to recognize ANYTHING outside of their own core marching orders-- may we all have the courage to press forward as the good Bishop has.

[@tammiecurrie930]

What the Bishop and Brandon are discussing here is vastly different to what the church is dealing with now!

[@De_TRUCKER...]

By Sunday Bishop's channel will have gotten 1M subscribers...👏

[@JaniceMLeCocq]

Thank you! I’m so glad my conversion to Catholicism was guided by you and your WOF work. I may not have gotten very far on that path if I’d been captured by the “conservative “ or “liberal” factions.

[@JaniceMLeCocq]

I got a message via email. Assuming it’s not a hack: my schedule is pretty open. Central time zone. Yours is busy! Let me know what works for you.

[@katkat2340]

Great insights !

[@samanthaduggan9002]

I love this episode. I wish more people could get on board with "simply Catholicism". I know too many Catholics who are on one side or anther. It's tedious.

[@def6420]

AMEN!

[@joelao3659]

Always listen to all your shows . Joe frm Makati , Philippines