Welcome back to The Word on Fire show. I'm your host, Matthew Petrusig.

Today we're bringing you the first half of a conversation that Bishop Barron had with Brendan Thompson during a trip to London.

Brendan is program manager of the Word on Fire Institute in the United Kingdom, where he works to promote the faith in a deeply secularized culture.

In this conversation, they explore Bishop Barron's unique methods

for public speaking and preaching, among other related topics. Enjoy. It is my pleasure to be in St Patrick's Soho Catholic Church in London with Bishop Robert Barron.

Bishop's great to be with you.

Brendan, good to be with you.

And we're here because you're on a tour of London, on Mission of London for the week.

So we'll talk a little bit about that, but I've been really excited

to talk to you about your approach to public speaking and preaching. One of the best introductions

I ever heard of a speaker was that the speaker came on station and they said, I want to thank

God for all of the hours of prayer that this person has spent, all of the quiet study,

all of the conversations that they've had

that have led them to this moment.

So as you know, kind of like,

if you look at an iceberg, everything below the water line.

And I was conscious as I looked through all your content,

I don't think you've ever spoken, say, publicly,

about that kind of under the hood of Bishop Barron's

approach.

Yeah.

You know, it calls to mind Fulton Sheen.

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