Insights from an inspirational address given by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from August 2010. It includes much advice for those involved in the New Evangelization...that would be all of us!
"Living within the truth means living according to Jesus Christ and God's Word in Sacred Scripture. It means proclaiming the truth of the Christian Gospel, not only by our words but by our example. It means living every day and every moment from the unshakeable conviction that God lives, and that his love is the motive force of human history and the engine of every authentic human life. It means believing that the truths of the Creed are worth suffering and dying for.
The world urgently needs a re-awakening of the Church in our actions and in our public and private witness..
We need to really believe what we say we believe. We need to be so convinced of the truths of the Creed that we are on fire to live by these truths, to love by these truths, and to defend these truths, even to the point of our own discomfort and suffering.
We are ambassadors of the living God to a world that is on the verge of forgetting him. Our work is to make God real; to be the face of his love; to propose once more to the men and women of our day, the dialogue of salvation.... Our lives must become a liturgy, a self-offering that embodies the love of God and the renewal of the world...
Let us preach Jesus Christ with all the energy of our lives."
Read Entire Speech Here
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