
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
Bishop Robert Barron
Categories: Religion & Spirituality
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Are Christians required to love everyone equally? This question has recently become a matter of public and even political debate. So how should we answer? It seems necessary to ask what “loving thy neighbor” means in practice; for example is the love between friends, the love between spouses, the love within a family, the love among compatriots, and even the love of an enemy all the same kind of love? Do these relationships all entail the same kinds of moral responsibilities? Might it be reasonable to say, for example, that we have a greater obligation to care for our own children over others’ children, our own friends over strangers, and our own country over other countries? If so, however, how can Christians coherently claim that we love all people equally?
A listener asks how to forgive and let go of bitterness. I help my kids return to church?
00:00 | Introduction 01:43 | Bishop Barron’s recent trip to London 02:08 | Understanding love in the great commandments 03:50 | Love for specific relationships 06:13 | Properly framing love of self 06:58 | Love your enemies 08:03 | Critiquing love as granting another’s desires 09:07 | The distinct love for God 11:17 | Who is my neighbor? 12:55 | Ordo amoris: the order of love 17:52 | Equal regard vs. equal treatment 20:36 | Is it ever okay to circumvent ordo amoris? 22:20 | Does the Good Samaritan counter ordo amoris? 23:40 | Does Luke 9:60 counter ordo amoris? 26:52 | The evangelical impact of understanding love 27:43 | Listener question 29:54 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
Links:- Ordo amoris article: https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/first-love-locally-jd-vance-and-ordo-amoris/
- Word on Fire Institute: https://institute.wordonfire.org/
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Previous episodes
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492 - WOF 480: Are We Required to Love Everyone Equally? Mon, 10 Mar 2025 - 0h
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491 - WOF 479: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (10 of 12) Mon, 03 Mar 2025 - 0h
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490 - WOF 478: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (9 of 12) Mon, 24 Feb 2025 - 0h
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489 - WOF 477: 5 Ways Faith Can Free You from Anxiety & Depression Mon, 17 Feb 2025 - 0h
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488 - WOF 476: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (8 of 12) Mon, 10 Feb 2025 - 0h
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487 - WOF 475: How to Balance Work and Leisure Mon, 03 Feb 2025 - 0h
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486 - WOF 474: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (7 of 12) Mon, 27 Jan 2025 - 0h
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484 - WOF 473: Why and How to Pray Mon, 20 Jan 2025 - 0h
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483 - WOF 472: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (6 of 12) Mon, 13 Jan 2025 - 0h
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482 - WOF 471: How to Reclaim Civil Society for the Common Good Mon, 06 Jan 2025 - 0h
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481 - WOF 470: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (5 of 12) Mon, 30 Dec 2024 - 0h
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480 - WOF 469: 5 Reasons to Be Hopeful in the New Year Mon, 23 Dec 2024 - 0h
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479 - WOF 468: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (4 of 12) Mon, 16 Dec 2024 - 0h
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478 - WOF 467: The Fall—and Rise?—of Men Mon, 09 Dec 2024 - 0h
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477 - WOF 466: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (3 of 12) Mon, 02 Dec 2024 - 0h
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476 - WOF 465: Recapping the Synod on Synodality Mon, 25 Nov 2024 - 0h
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475 - WOF 464: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (2 of 12) Mon, 18 Nov 2024 - 0h
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474 - WOF 463: The Importance & Power of Prayer w/ Tammy Peterson: Part II Mon, 11 Nov 2024 - 0h
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473 - WOF 462: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (1 of 12) Mon, 04 Nov 2024 - 0h
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472 - WOF 461: The Importance & Power of Prayer w/ Tammy Peterson: Part I Mon, 28 Oct 2024 - 0h
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471 - WOF 460: The Star of the North Congress Address: Part II Mon, 21 Oct 2024 - 0h
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470 - WOF 459: Five Lessons to Learn from the African Church Mon, 14 Oct 2024 - 0h
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469 - WOF 458: The Star of the North Congress Address: Part I Mon, 07 Oct 2024 - 0h
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468 - WOF 457: How to Resist Anti-Christian Bigotry Mon, 30 Sep 2024 - 0h
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467 - WOF 456: Bishop Barron at the New Ressourcement Conference Mon, 23 Sep 2024 - 0h
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466 - WOF 455: Should We Worry About Declining Birth Rates? Mon, 16 Sep 2024 - 0h
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465 - WOF 454: Bishop Barron’s NEC Keynote Address Mon, 09 Sep 2024 - 0h
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464 - WOF 453: Nature & the Human Body—Recapping Wonder 2024 Mon, 02 Sep 2024 - 0h
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463 - WOF 452: Bishop Barron’s Homily at the Eucharistic Congress Mon, 26 Aug 2024 - 0h
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462 - WOF 451: Is Christianity Making a Comeback? Mon, 19 Aug 2024 - 0h
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461 - WOF 450: Freedom & Political Order w/ Patrick Deneen—Part II Mon, 12 Aug 2024 - 0h
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460 - WOF 449: Are Reverent Liturgies & Social Justice at Odds? Mon, 05 Aug 2024 - 0h
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459 - WOF 448: Freedom & Political Order w/ Patrick Deneen—Part I Mon, 29 Jul 2024 - 0h
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458 - WOF 447: The Crossroads of Religion & Politics—Part 2 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 - 0h
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457 - WOF 446: Five Animating Sensibilities for Evangelization Mon, 15 Jul 2024 - 0h
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456 - WOF 445: The Crossroads of Religion & Politics—Part I Mon, 08 Jul 2024 - 0h
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455 - WOF 444: Bishop Barron Speaks at Parliament Mon, 01 Jul 2024 - 0h
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454 - WOF 443: How Should We Understand Miracles? Mon, 24 Jun 2024 - 0h
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453 - WOF 442: Dante Ascends the Paradiso Mon, 17 Jun 2024 - 0h
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452 - WOF 441: Did Bill Maher Become an Ally? Mon, 10 Jun 2024 - 0h
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451 - WOF 440: Atoning for the Seven Deadly Sins Mon, 03 Jun 2024 - 0h
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450 - WOF 439: Is Christianity Useful to the West? Mon, 27 May 2024 - 0h
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449 - WOF 438: Damned Alone—But Saved Together Mon, 20 May 2024 - 0h
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448 - WOF 437: Is Safety Culture Good for Us? Mon, 13 May 2024 - 0h
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447 - WOF 436: Dante’s Poetic Vision of Hell Mon, 06 May 2024 - 0h
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446 - WOF 435: The Enduring Relevance of St. Thomas Aquinas Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 0h
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445 - WOF 434: Blocked by the Beasts of Sin Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 0h
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444 - WOF 433: Healing Antisocial America Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 0h
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443 - WOF 432: Who is Dante Alighieri? Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 0h
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442 - WOF 431: Euthanasia & the Culture of Death Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 0h