Bishop Robert Barron
@BishopBarron
Bishop of Diocese of Winona-Rochester (MN); founder of @WordOnFire; host of CATHOLICISM series.
Friends, what a special delight it is to behold two magnificent rose windows on the western facade here in Reims Cathedral—resplendent reminders that everything in us should point to Christ. Keep following us as we continue filming our cathedral series. God bless you!
“I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.” —Song of Songs 7:10
Looking forward to this!
Bishop Robert Barron will deliver a keynote address to more than 3,500 young American pilgrims at a special event in Rome on July 30, part of the global Jubilee of Youth celebrations expected to draw more than 100,000 young people to the Eternal City. catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/21/bis…
Friends, Reims Cathedral—worn by time, weather, and war—stands as a symbol of the Church’s endurance through the ages. Please pray for me and my team as we continue our journey, especially that this documentary on the great cathedrals might lift the faith of many.
Friends, attending the magnificent National Eucharistic Congress last year was among the greatest moments of my thirty-nine years as a priest. What a joy it was to speak to more than fifty thousand attendees about how all Catholics are called to the evangelical counsels:…
Friends, on this Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, our Gospel is the Martha and Mary story, and in my years of preaching, I’ve found that it tends to bother people a lot. With the first reading about Abraham in mind, we can better understand what this passage means—and doesn’t…
Friends, though today we take for granted that almost everyone knows how to read, this was not the case 800 years ago. Today, I’d like to share with you the way that medieval Christians learned their Bible stories: from the richly articulated, brightly painted facade of Amiens…
Friends, each summer, the Diocese of Winona-Rochester offers young people a wonderful opportunity to encounter Christ at the Steubenville Youth Conference. On Sunday, I celebrated the conference’s closing Mass. Please join me in praying for the young men and women in attendance!
Friends, it’s noteworthy that not everything about a cathedral is conventionally beautiful—and gargoyles are a vivid example of this. Keep praying for us and follow along as our filming journey across France continues!
Friends, my team and I just arrived in northern France to document the great spiritual power of the Gothic cathedrals. I look forward to sharing more with you soon about this exciting Word on Fire project—stay tuned!
Friends, I recently celebrated Mass at the Saint Paul and Minneapolis Archdiocesan Presbyteral Assembly hosted by St. Mary’s University in Winona. More than two hundred priests were in attendance, and in my homily, I reflected on the great ministerial example of St. John the…
“Devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel indicates a strong call to the interior life . . . . Those who wish to live truly devoted to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, must follow Mary into the depths of the interior life.” —Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patroness of the Carmelite Order, pray for us!
Friends, in our first reading from the book of Deuteronomy this week, Moses says to the people, “For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. . . . No, it is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have…
