I agree.
Time for Catholics to be Catholics——it shouldn’t be that hard.
It apparently isn’t hard for Bishop Chaput, God bless him.
I can’t remember if it was C.S. Lewis or G.K Chesterson (someone can correct mne as to whom) who said: “What we need now are men with chests”. (interesting that the quote uses the heart for courage and not other discernable body parts)
Yes. what we need now are men with hearts of courage.
Jesus dined with sinners, but as far as my Biblical knowledge goes, not with Pharisees. (someone can correct me here, too, if necessary).
I vote for C.S. Lewis on the source of the quote. (Chesterton, given his build, might have said “men with stomach” to convey the same meaning :-). And I sigh for the days when our metaphoric vocabulary still showed some good taste.
Jesus dined with sinners, but in the context of calling them to repentance. He did also dine with Pharisees - it was at dinner with a Pharisee that the “sinful woman” washed his feet with her tears - and he called the Pharisees to repentance.
In this atmosphere, Cdl. Egan might have addressed all pro-abortion attendees at the dinner, gently but clearly describing Christian teaching on human life and reminding them to consider “Him who can destroy both body and soul in Gehenna.” That would be true charity.