Welcome to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vaat, the co-host and the content director here at Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

Bishop Aaron is not with me today. He's recovering from his long trip to the Philippines. He just got back to his residence in Santa Barbara, California.

He was over in the Philippines for about a week for the International Eucharistic Congress. He gave three talks there.

He spoke to thousands and thousands of people. By all accounts, it was a mesmerizing event.

One of the highlights was the Eucharistic procession, which featured upwards of a million people marching through the streets of the Philippines with the Blessed Sacrament.

It was a hope-filled, joy-filled adventure, but he's just catching his breath now after returning.

So in lieu of a conversation, we thought for this episode, we would share the full talk that he gave at the Eucharistic Congress.

Now, this is his keynote Catechese's talk on the Eucharist. It was kind of the main reason why they brought him over there.

And we're going to play the whole thing here on the show. So sit back and enjoy this talk on the Eucharist.

And then we'll be back next week with another conversation episode.

Welcome morning, everybody.

They just told me they introduced me. Is that right? I didn't hear my introduction.

Listen, I am delighted to be here with all of you. What a wonderful crowd just to see

and to sense the energy of this place. God bless you all for coming.

You know, I was up in Manila just two days ago.

And I'll repeat to you what I said to them, which is, I don't know any church right now in the world.

That's more vibrant than the Filipino Church. And so just to be among you, it's true.

It's true.

You know, in my country, I'm from Chicago, spent many years there. Now I'm auxiliary bishop in LA.

And in both those places, it's the Filipino community, which is keeping the church alive.

So,

to come here and be with you is a great thrill for me. And I'm happy to be able to communicate that to you.

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