The Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput on the Acts of the Apostles!!


Adapted from this source: Mr. J. Michael Parker, "Today's Catholic," August 29, 2008.

"Chaput calls for courageous missionaries"


As Mr. Parker quotes Denver's Catholic spiritual head:

"Catholic lay people should be the leaven of Jesus Christ in the public square.

"And priests need to be the leaven of Jesus Christ in the lives of the people.

"It's important to remember that the title of the book in the Acts of the Apostles.

"Not the Good Intentions of the Apostles or the the Excellent Plans, or the Plausible Alibis, of the Apostles, but their ACTS.

"Loner priests who find a safe spot within the eccentric limits and habits they build around their priesthood like a fort won't survive.

"The most urgent need for the church in our day is a rebirth of faith and the missionary spirit in her people.

"That will never happen, and it can't ever happen, until we priests ourselves have a renewal of priestly life."