Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Matthew Patrucic, Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and the host of the Word on Fire Show.

Thank you for joining us.

Recently, Bishop Barron traveled to the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.

We're happy to present his keynote from this truly historic event.

Enjoy.

I've been a priest for 38 years and these days these days

constitute one of the great moments of my priesthood. I really mean that.

To see that procession today, the enthusiasm, then that deep devotion of all of you.

To see this gathering, how could you deny that the Holy Spirit is here among us. You know, I saw the lineup for the speakers tonight and then I saw Jonathan Rumi backstage and I said great I get to be the first speaker on after Jesus

You know I came to know him very well when I was a bishop out in California and in fact he came to my house several times and California.

You can't all be from California.

Anyway, Jonathan came a couple times.

I discovered he's great with voices as you know,

and he and I share a great love for the Simpsons.

So one night we're on the back porch of my house and Jonathan Rumi was doing the Simpson

Voices. And at one moment I thought, okay, coming was doing the Simpson's voices.

And at one more I thought, okay,

coming out with the face of Jesus

is the voice of Homer Simpson.

And I thought, my life has taken a weird turn, you know.

Anyway, want to share some thoughts to do tonight everybody.

The great English Catholic apologist Ronald Knox said something that's always

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