The video presentations are ‘a stunning feast of Catholic art, architecture, literature, music, history, and a brilliant tour of theology exploring over 2,000 years of the life of the Church. Its centerpiece production, Bishop Robert Barron’s highly acclaimed series, Catholicism is described as “a groundbreaking 10-part documentary and study program about the Catholic faith.”But that stodgy description in no way captures the full impact of this series. Barron’s magnificent series, Catholicism published by his Word on Fireministry.Word on Fire is a global media ministry that has reached millions through its productions on WGN America, EWTN, Relevant Radio, and the Word on Fire YouTube channel. WORD ON FIRE Now, for the last ten Sunday evenings leading up to the Second Sunday of Advent, these men have been meeting with us to view and discuss a video presentation of Bishop Robert E.
In the last three years, I have posted well over twenty such titles. In my first five years of writing for TSW, I had no posts about the work of Divine Mercy or Marian Consecration. It even altered the course of These Stone Walls. These ordinary guys did something extraordinary just by being themselves while participating in a basic tenet of faith in action in response to a Gospel passage, “When I was in prison you came to me” (Matthew 25:36).It was at the heart of my post, “ A Harvest Moon Before Christ the King.” Their faith in action set off a chain reaction here that changed everything both in and around us. So when you find your own life of faith diminished, you might want to read of our first journey with these good men who guided us through “ 33 Days to Morning Glory.” The Marians at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy published our journey as “ Behold Your Son! Behold Your Mother!”Their invitation challenged us to participate in the promise and practice of Divine Mercy. I know many priests whose faith has become reduced to barely glowing embers.
Pornchai-Max and I were dragged kicking and screaming in the clutches of these Catholic evangelists who invaded our lethargic Catholicism.Don’t be shocked by that. Wilfred Deschamps, Jean Fafard, David Kemmis, and Jim Preisendorfer all showed up here with an invitation that my friend, Pornchai Moontri, and I first scoffed at to our peril.Or at least it was to the peril of our grayest days in the living of our faith, the days when hopelessness caused faith to bend under the weight of a daily and sometimes dismal grind. Wilfred Deschamps, Jean Fafard, David Kemmis and Jim Preisendorfer set the Word on Fire with “Catholicism.”There they go again, shaking up our complacency and challenging the state of our faith among this captive audience. As Advent dawned at These Stone Walls, Nate Chapman, Fr.
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