Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vot the host and the senior publishing

director at Word on Fire. Back in February 2023 at the Sharing the Church's Story Conference

in London, Bishop Barron reflected on the evangelical councils of poverty,

chastity and obedience. Usually these are associated with consecrated religious but in his talk,

Bishop Barron explained how these councils can and should be lived out by the laity, albeit in

special ways. He says that Vatican II wanted great Catholic parents, great Catholic lawyers,

great Catholic politicians and writers and journalists and business leaders and more

all living their faith vibrantly and publicly. But how do we accomplish that? Well, Bishop

Barron says by living out the evangelical councils. So we invite you to sit back and enjoy this talk

by Bishop Barron titled What is the laity's role in evangelization? Enjoy.

What is the joy of the church's presence?

What is the joy of the church's presence?

Well, God bless you. I'm always a little bit suspicious of the standing ovation before I speak.

You know, it's got to be downhill from here. You know, my heart is just filled with with

gratitude as I look out at this crowd. I mean, first to Cardinal Nichols for allowing us to have

this event. Of course, to Brandon has just been nothing but wonderful as he's arranged. As you

heard, through all these trials and tribulations to Joe Ronan, of course, of Catholic voices,

everybody of Catholic voices. Thank you for the bottom of my heart. Let me tell you something

as I commence. When we were flying over here, we were arriving on a Sunday. So I said, well,

our team has to go to Mass. And so I asked Brendan, where could we go that would be

sort of interesting place to celebrate Mass? And he listed several options. And I had been to

all the places except one. And the one I had not been to was the Tyburn Convent.

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