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

publishing director at Word on Fire.

Today we're excited to share with you a talk

that Bishop Barron recently gave at Harvard University.

He was invited there by the Harvard Catholic Forum

to speak on the topic of the Catholic intellectual

tradition, it gave a rousing talk to a full house. In the talk he explores some foundational

themes in this great intellectual tradition, including God, the human person,

sin and grace, society and freedom.

He shows how all of those flow from Christology, our understanding of Jesus, so that, as St Bonaventure said, Christ is truly found at the center of all the disciplines pursued in a university.

Before we get to the talk, though, one more reminder to get your copy of our

2024 Lent Reflections booklet.

Lent begins a little early this year on February 14th, so get your free Lent Reflection booklet

before then. This booklet includes daily reflections from Bishop Baron on the gospel reading

for every day throughout Lent. You can get one copy for free,

you just cover the shipping and handling, or you can place a bulk order for 20 copies,

50 copies, 100 copies at an enormous discount.

We also encourage pastors or parish leaders to consider

getting copies for their whole parish because it's the perfect gift

to pass out on Ash Wednesday,

which, as we all know, is one of the highest attended liturgies

of the year.

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