Thank you all for coming.

As I was explaining earlier just before the talk,

this is a new talk, so no one has ever heard this talk before,

which is, I think you should find that very exciting,

but you should also expect some rough edges.

So I apologize in advance, if anything seems out of,

oops, I just, oh no, it is still recording. Okay, good.

So I know that Georgetown has a reputation

for being a place where people come to make a grand future

for themselves.

It's a university for doers.

And in fact, I say that about Georgetown's reputation, but in fact, it's what most of us have become these days. Most universities, most the college campuses where I speak, even to some extent the very strange liberal arts college where I teach has infected by this sense of grandeur of launching oneself out onto a world where we do things.

The world of impact, results, making a difference, grand affairs.

But part of the Catholic faith is to think that all of these things, politics, international

affairs, the world of doing in general impact results, making a difference.

All of that in our faith is something secondary.

It's not to say that you can't pursue these things.

We can live, pursue our grand futures, and make impact.

After all, it's important to do that.

But we have to remember all the while that we live on a kind of pilgrimage in the world,

that it cannot ultimately be perfected, and then our highest hopes lie in God alone.

So that's part of the spirit of this talk, even though it's going to be mostly about some beautiful paintings

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