Welcome back to The Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vott, the senior publishing director

at Word on Fire. Today we have a really cool interview with you between Father Blake

Britton and Robert Mixa, who is a fellow of our Word on Fire Institute. They're discussing

Father Blake's new book recently published by Word on Fire titled Reclaiming Vatican

2, What It Really Said, What It Means, and How It Calls Us To Renew The Church. As I'm

sure you know, during the past five decades, the Second Vatican Council has been alternately

celebrated or maligned for its supposed break with tradition and its embrace of the modern

world. But what if we've gotten it all wrong? Have Catholics, both those who embrace the

spirit of Vatican 2 and those who regard it with suspicion, have they misunderstood

what the Council was really all about? Well, that's what Father Blake's book covers. It

helps us to discover the truth and the beauty of the Council, moving beyond the political

narrative, foisted upon the post-concealier church. Father Blake contends that Vatican

2 was neither conservative nor liberal, but something much more beautiful and challenging.

I think you'll really enjoy this great discussion, and after you listen, maybe consider picking

up your copy of Father Blake's book. It's been selling like crazy at Word on Fire, lots

of people buying, reading, and discussing this important book. You can get your copy

at wordonfire.org slash reclaim. That's wordonfire.org slash reclaim. I'll be sure to include that

link here in the show notes. So for now, enjoy this interview between Father Blake Britain

and Robert Mixa.

Hello, I'm Robert Mixa, fellow of education at the Word on Fire Institute. I'm so happy

to have with me today Father Blake Britain, who's a priest from the Dices of Orlando, and

also the author of this very important book, Reclaiming Vatican 2. Father Blake is a friend

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