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(Tod Worner) Exploring the intellectual & mystical brilliance of the Catholic faith (Twitter @thinkercatholic).Physician. Word on Fire Editor-in-Chief

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Creator summary

Tod Worner is a physician and Word on Fire Editor-in-Chief who explores the intellectual and mystical dimensions of Catholic faith through reflections on spirituality, literature, perseverance, and culture.

Catholic commentator, physician, and editor

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Catholic Influencers

Catholic IntellectualismChristian spiritualityFaith and literatureReligious historyNotre Dame athleticsPerseverance

Christian spiritualityNotre Dame athleticsPerseveranceLiteratureFaith

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Word on Fire
Reflections on Jesus Christ
Michael Oakeshott references
Matthew 11:28-30
Connections between faith, literature, and culture

Profile details

Account type	Personal
Visibility	Public
Country	United States
Joined	October 2012
Links	https://www.wordonfire.org/author/tod-worner/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-evangelization-culture-podcast/id1485638770

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Frequently Mentioned

Word on Fire Media organization 3 posts

Jesus Christ Religious figure 2 posts

Michael Oakeshott Political philosopher 2 posts

Noah Kahan Musician 2 posts

Matthew 11:28 30 Bible passage 1 posts

University of Notre Dame University 1 posts

Knute Rockne Football coach 1 posts

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Sports team 1 posts

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Recent Posts (24)

Christian spirituality

Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble

Notre Dame athletics

Let’s go ☘️☘️☘️ @notredame

Yes, I know that you feel you are not strong enough. That’s what the enemy thinks too. But we’re gonna fool them. —Knute Rockne #goirish ☘️

Our rages, daughters of despair, creep and squirm like worms. Prayer is the only form of revolt which remains upright. —Georges Bernanos

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. —George S. Patton

Human loneliness

How lonely & unnatural man is & how deep & well-concealed are his confusions. —John Cheever

Religious ritual

Ritual, as a means of communication & of victory over devouring time, is also seen to be a powerful means for communion in the same reality

Church tradition

A Church which is nothing but a manager is nothing at all; she is no longer tradition, and, as an intellect that knows no tradition, she bec

Christian theology

Hell is so real that it reaches right into the existence of the saints. Hope can take it on, only if one shares in the suffering of Hell’s n

Christian intellectual life

The Christian [does not] need to leave his center in Christ in order to mediate him to the world, to understand his relation to the world, t

Artistic creativity

Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, & predictability

Political philosophy

Whether it is Hippocrates’ mandate to “first, do no harm” or Edmund Burke’s warnings against violent idealism in his Reflections on the Rev

Catholic saints

Go in peace, for it is impossible that the son of these tears should perish. —St. Ambrose to the pleading St. Monica St. Monica, patron sai

Podcast promotion

Go check out Spotify or Apple Podcasts to listen to Dr. Tod Worner’s story of the most everlasting plays in history #podcast #booktok

The grace of God is courtesy. —Hilaire Belloc

Scholarly perseverance

What did Donald Kagan do when his college Classics professor kicked him in the keister? He worked harder & became the world’s premier schola

We drank, and I convinced you that the wildfire smog was the Northern Lights Lately, I’ve been lookin’ at you harder, just takin’ you in At

Personal agency

If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you. —T.S. Eliot

Nature and silence

At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers, for then all noise is sacrilege. —Sigurd Olson

Perseverance through suffering

In nearing his life’s end, Robert Frost was asked by an earnest journalist what enduring lesson he had learned from a life of suffering and

Critique of rationalism

Like Midas, the Rationalist is always in the unfortunate position of not being able to touch anything, without transforming it into an abstr

Wisdom and experience

https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/fellows/the-steadying-hand-of-experience/ (Link in bio) #wisdom #wisdom #rainermariarilke

Music and family

(Link in bio) https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/noah-kahan-makes-my-daughter-smile/ @noahkahanmusic #noahkahan

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. —Flannery O’Connor

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Last snapshot taken: September 8, 2026