Noah Bradon

08/29/2024

Introducing the Sacred Spaces Project, a multimedia campus pilgrimage that invites visitors to experience Notre Dame in new and exciting ways. You can explore some of the visual media we produce for the Project by following our dedicated Instagram: (grid teased below)

08/27/2024

08/09/2024

Your life is meant for more than content.

08/04/2024

In case y’all want to weigh in on the future of my YouTube channel, there’s a poll in the comments. Active for next 2 days!

07/31/2024

My makeshift interview setup for last night’s discussion with . Not too shabby if you don’t mind the fact that the rest of the room is chock-full of moving boxes.

07/25/2024

The most beautiful background for Reconciliation I know.

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07/20/2024

Testing out the new phone on one of my more agreeable family models. Wild to see how far it’s come!

Shot on Pro — zero edits.

07/13/2024

Very much enjoyed being interviewed by .loewen.creative for a docu-style project he’s working on. Here’s a sample of unedited BTS photos from the other interviews.

07/01/2024

Home.

06/05/2024

If preaching the truth cultivates hatred in your heart, it’s time to reconsider the truth that you’re preaching.

06/04/2024

My copy of Tim O’Malley’s new book on the Eucharist has arrived. Excited to dig in — thanks ! | 📚 ⛪️

05/27/2024

Communication is the beating heart of Christian evangelization — indeed, we worship the Word made flesh. This title reminds us of our divine origin as much as it outlines the path we must follow if we are to become “little Christs” to the online world. At the deepest level, Christian communication is rooted in the Trinity, revealed in the Word, embodied in the Incarnation, and lived out in the Great Commission.

[ excerpt from my master’s thesis on the theology of communication ]

05/16/2024

New headshot

05/14/2024

a taste of eternity

05/13/2024

Enjoying some deceptively pleasant weather as I savor my first moments on campus as a Notre Dame employee ☘️

Visit McGrath Institute for Church Life - University of Notre Dame to learn more about my Institute.

God is good. I am content.

05/05/2024

Holly Taylor Coolman makes the case for foster care as one model for the Christian life.

04/14/2024

Catholics who make money off their religious content should remember that they are getting paid to point people to Christ — or they are getting paid to push people away from Christ.

Everyone is watching. Act accordingly.

04/13/2024

My latest blog explores how sacramental reconciliation facilitates our union with Christ:

As we await the life to come, we are caught in an in-between state, placing hope in that which we cannot yet fully see. That’s where the sacraments come in, giving us the ability to “discern the features of Christ.”

03/20/2024

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03/17/2024

Purgatory Is a Conduit for LOVE

Purgatory is among the most misrepresented beliefs in the Catholic world. In this video essay, I explain how to reframe the topic in terms of Christ's sacrif...

03/16/2024

A masterful elucidation of synodality:

Synodality values the title “People of God” for the Church, correctly associating this title with the idea that baptism calls all to contribute to the mission of the Church. Nevertheless, as Lumen Gentium and Presbyterorum Ordinis make clear, the Church as People of God cannot be fully described in baptismal terms alone, and certainly not without mention of both of the two priesthoods that, as co-related to each other, are constitutive of the Mystery of the Church as wholly gift, derivative of Christ’s sacrifice as a Church-making sacrifice, made ever-present in the Eucharist. Without further clarification, “synodality” can thus appear, anyway, as describing, at best, a variety of Protestant ecclesiology, and at worst, an organization from which the idea of the Church as Mystery has been severely attenuated.
--John Cavadini

03/14/2024

Video essay exploring Pope Benedict XVI’s incarnational framework for modern evangelization.

03/13/2024

*nods solemnly*

Jonathan Heaps on the place of theology among the modern scientific disciplines.

03/13/2024

This “divine orientation” doesn’t diminish the need for grace to restore right relationship with God. On the contrary, it underscores the necessity of sacramental reconciliation.

Not only does it point to our telos as divinely-oriented creations: it outlines the scope of privation in terms of fulfilling this innate purpose and related longing. It illuminates the grace-shaped chasm between God’s design and our reality.

God formed us in such a way that our very existence calls us back to him.

[Excerpt from my latest blog 👇]

When exploring sacramental theology, the avoidance of error necessitates an acute sense of balance. Heretical pitfalls abound. When it comes to the Holy Sacraments, principle and practice must operate in harmony.

03/10/2024

Some thoughts about the Blessed Mother:

Pondering the meaning of our Blessed Mother’s words in Luke 1 inevitably leads me to marvel at the possibility we each have in Christ. The role of Mary reflects not only an inversion of what is commonly considered honorable but an extension of the profound grace we can access in Christ and through...

03/08/2024

Want to be perfect? Pray without ceasing.

Catholics are called to a life of continuous conversion, a life spent pursuing the ideal set by Christ Himself. Indeed, we are commanded to “be perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect.” St. Paul uses similarly strong language when he tells Christians to pray without ceasing.

03/08/2024

With my flesh I worship thine Ascension into heaven, and I pray to thee, my Lord:

Raise my mind from what is earthly to that which is on high, strengthen my infirmity, and make up for what is lacking and small in me, leading me heavenward unto a good and saving end, unto thee who art in heaven, which is our true home, our fatherland, inheritance, property, wealth, honor, glory, comfort, joy, and eternal blessedness. Amen.

– St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

03/07/2024

ROLE OF CATECHESIS

Catechesis supports and fuels the life of the Church. In the purest sense, catechesis is the cultivation of conversion through immersion in the Catholic faith.

It is a special kind of education that exists not only to lead us out of darkness but to point others to Christ. “Catechesis aims at putting ‘people . . . in communion . . . with Jesus Christ: only he can lead us to the love of the Father in the Spirit and make us share in the life of the Holy Trinity’” (CCC #426).

Early Christians considered catechesis to be the act of making disciples in a broader sense. In modern terms, it marks the process of sharing the Gospel, of defending the faith, of explaining the reason for our hope (1 Peter 3:15).

This description points to a deep understanding of the connection between catechesis and conversion — bound together by God’s love poured out in Christ Jesus. The connection comprises the crux of the Catholic framework.

Catechesis must be grounded in Christ’s love. Only then will we lead others to Him.

03/07/2024

The Future of Christianity: How To Hope | Ft. Austin Suggs of Gospel Simplicity | 👇

Listen to Austin Suggs (https://www.youtube.com/) and I discuss the state and future of Christianity, ecumenism, and how Catholics, Orthodox...

03/06/2024

Free access and social contagion have combined forces to remove would-be reservations….

Free access and social contagion have combined forces to remove would-be reservations. New products that cost us money normally make us pause before purchasing. Despite costing us time, social media disguises itself as free; this offer coaxes us into putting down our guard.