"Am I ashamed of the Gospel?"

"Powerful forces and currents in our society press us to be ashamed of the Gospel—ashamed of the good, ashamed of our faith’s teachings on the sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions, ashamed of our faith’s teachings on marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife. These forces insist that the Church’s teachings are out of date, retrograde, insensitive, uncompassionate, illiberal, bigoted—even hateful. These currents bring pressure on all of us—and on young Catholics in particular—to yield to this insistence. They threaten us with consequences if we refuse to call what is good evil, and what is evil good. They command us to conform our thinking to their orthodoxy, or else say nothing at all....

"The question of faith and fidelity that is put to us today is not in the form it was put to Peter—'surely you are you this man’s disciple'—it is, rather, do you stand for the sanctity of human life and the dignity of marriage as the union of husband and wife? These teachings are not the whole Gospel—Christianity requires much more than their affirmation. But they are integral to the Gospel—they are not optional or dispensable....it is these integral dimensions of the Gospel that powerful cultural forces and currents today demand that we deny or suppress....

"Do not be ashamed of the Gospel. Never be ashamed of the Gospel" (Remarks of Princeton University Professor Robert P. George at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, 5/13/14).

Please let your parishioners know that Professor Robert George will be speaking at Saint Paul's in Princeton on 1/20/15 (7 PM)....

“The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you!....