Archbishop Chaput on Speaker Pelosi, Life and Communion:
Showing posts with label Render Unto Caesar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Render Unto Caesar. Show all posts
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
If you still haven't read Render Unto Caesar. . .
You probably should read it.
He doesn't tell us to be Democrats. He doesn't tell us to be Republicans. He tells us that "the most powerful 'political' act Catholics can make is to love Jesus Christ, believe in his church, and live her teachings. . ." (73-74).
He goes on to say that we must engage the public square - and even the world.
On poverty, he says that "we can choose to ignore that [Christ told Peter to feed his sheep]. All of the damned do"(37).
On racism and abortion, he says "Catholics who know their faith know that publicly opposing racism and publicly opposing abortion flow from the same Catholic beliefs about the human person" (59).
And on that most difficult question of whether or not a Catholic can vote for a pro-choice candidate when there is a pro-life candidate on the ballot, he says it would have to "be a reason we could, with an honest heart, expect the unborn victims of abortion to accept when we meet them and need to explain our actions - as we someday will" (229-230).
I urge you to get the book. It is full of zingers like these. If you are like me, you won't be able to put the book down and his words will stay with you long after you finish the last page.
He doesn't tell us to be Democrats. He doesn't tell us to be Republicans. He tells us that "the most powerful 'political' act Catholics can make is to love Jesus Christ, believe in his church, and live her teachings. . ." (73-74).
He goes on to say that we must engage the public square - and even the world.
On poverty, he says that "we can choose to ignore that [Christ told Peter to feed his sheep]. All of the damned do"(37).
On racism and abortion, he says "Catholics who know their faith know that publicly opposing racism and publicly opposing abortion flow from the same Catholic beliefs about the human person" (59).
And on that most difficult question of whether or not a Catholic can vote for a pro-choice candidate when there is a pro-life candidate on the ballot, he says it would have to "be a reason we could, with an honest heart, expect the unborn victims of abortion to accept when we meet them and need to explain our actions - as we someday will" (229-230).
I urge you to get the book. It is full of zingers like these. If you are like me, you won't be able to put the book down and his words will stay with you long after you finish the last page.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Got A Favorite Quote From Archbishop Chaput?
I don't know if you're reading (or have read) the book Render Unto Caesar by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver. If so, you probably have a few favorite quotes of your own. My favorites are stacking up - and so I think I'll get one out there so that I don't burst from trying to keep it all in.
More to come, but here's one of my favorites:
"People who take God seriously will not remain silent about their faith. They will often disagree about doctrine or policy, but they won't be quiet. They can't be....Christian faith is always personal but never private....As a friend once said, it's like asking a married man to act single in public. He can certainly do that - but he won't stay married for long" (10).
What's your favorite quote?
P.S. Page 66 quotes Emperor Maurice in the year 590 A.D. Interesting, he refers to Our Lady as "the immaculate" (even that early in Church History). Anybody have an earlier reference to the Immaculate Conception? Would love to hear from you, too.
More to come, but here's one of my favorites:
"People who take God seriously will not remain silent about their faith. They will often disagree about doctrine or policy, but they won't be quiet. They can't be....Christian faith is always personal but never private....As a friend once said, it's like asking a married man to act single in public. He can certainly do that - but he won't stay married for long" (10).
What's your favorite quote?
P.S. Page 66 quotes Emperor Maurice in the year 590 A.D. Interesting, he refers to Our Lady as "the immaculate" (even that early in Church History). Anybody have an earlier reference to the Immaculate Conception? Would love to hear from you, too.
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