Desire of the Everlasting Hills is a documentary featuring three people, three children of God with same-sex attractions, who discuss their journeys to chastity and peace through the love of Christ.

Michelangelo, the Artist, exhibited more brilliantly than anyone else that beauty is a route of access to God. St. Augustine often cited a verse from the Book of Wisdom: “Thou hast ordered all things in measure, number, and weight” (11:21). Michelangelo strove to embody those principles of universal harmony in his works. There’s nothing accidental or insignificant in the work of God, whether we’re talking about the physical universe at any one moment, or its history through time, or the workings of grace in the history of man. Therefore if man’s art is to reflect the work of God, it too must be made “in measure, number, and weight.”

G.K. Chesterton, the Evangelist, was a large man who made a large splash as a writer. When his articles began to appear in the newspapers, all of literary London wanted to know: “Who is G.K.C.?” His essays had a freshness and originality about them that combined verbal acrobatics with an overflowing joy and intellectual playfulness unsullied by the contemporary culture's pessimistic spirit.

St. John Henry Newman, the Convert, was called a traitor in every part of England due to his conversion from Anglicanism to Catholicism. Always searching for the truth, Newman had poured over the writings of the Church Fathers and came to believe the Catholic religion embodied the fullest measure of God’s revealed truth.

St. Catherine of Siena, the Mystic, witnessed to the existence of a dimension beyond the physical world in a particularly vivid way. At age six, she experienced the first of many visions that formed a lifelong dialogue with Christ, just as if he were on earth with her. Steeped in contemplative prayer, Catherine was fueled and directed by Christ on many missions, both to serve the poor and the sick, and also to serve the Church at the highest level by advising two popes.

St. Thomas Aquinas, the Theologian, used his brilliant mind and deep faith to argue that faith and reason are not at odds as they come from the same source – God. Thomas spent considerable time writing about how the Christian faith is supported by much evidence. In his masterpiece, the Summa Theologiae, he offers five ways of demonstrating the existence of God. Using reasonable arguments, Thomas confirms that faith does not have to be blind.

St. Francis of Assisi, the Reformer, literally lived according to the Gospel in all its simple, but radical, ways. His example of humility, poverty, love, and obedience transformed the Church of his day and proved that the way of Christ was not an abstract ideal, but a clear path to transformation and lasting joy.

Catholicism 10 'World Without End: The Last Things'
It has been said that the best way to prepare ourselves for life in the world to come is to cultivate our capacity for surprise. Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

There is no higher good than to rest in God, to honor him for his kindess, to savor his sweetness - in a word to praise him. Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

Our longing for God and God's longing for us is prayer. Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

The saints are those who have allowed Jesus to get into their boats and who have thereby become not superhuman or angelic but fully human, as alive as God intended them to be. The entire purpose of the church is to produce saints. Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

"Do not be afraid" the angel told Mary, "for you have found favor with God. Behold you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus". Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

"I am the vine, you are the branches John 15:5". Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

Due to their centrality, Peter and Paul are not merely of historical interest; they live on as determining archetypes in the community of Jesus to the present day. Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

Christian faith centers on who Jesus is and not what he said. Only when it is understood that Jesus is God moving among his people, can Christians be truly be interested in understanding and spreading Jesus' teaching. Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.

The central claim of Christianity is that God became human. The Creator of the cosmos, who transcends any definition or concept, took to himself a nature life ours, becoming one of us. Part of the Catholicism series, narrated by Bishop Robert Barron.