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National Catholic Bible Conference - Denver; Scripture today
Topic Started: Friday, 3. July 2009, 17:02 (22 Views)
KatyA	Friday, 3. July 2009, 17:02 Post #1
Administrator Posts: 5,199 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	The keynote address at the recently held Catholic Bible Conference in Denver,Colorado, was,unsurprisingly, from Archbishop Charles Chaput. I have found previous speeches of his admirable, and this one is no exception. His opening remarks, in fact a quotation from Pope Benedict is particularly strking Quote: In his book A New Song for the Lord, Pope Benedict XVI (then Cardinal Ratzinger) shared the following reflection, "The fact that God's words, something that God has said and is saying to us, are accessible in the world is truly the most exciting news I can imagine at all. [But] we are too dulled through everyday use to grasp the awesomeness of this statement." (Benedict XVI, A New Song for the Lord, 169). I found the entire speech inspiring and helpful and it is difficult to select a quote reflective of the entire speech so I recommend reading the whole, which can be accessed at Zenit Archbishop Chaput concludes Quote: The Word of God listened to with obedience and lived with simplicity can still make news for those willing to hear, as it did in the days of Josiah, Ezra, and Francis. Indeed, it is precisely the recovery of God's Word that the Church is calling us to in our day, through the Second Vatican Council and the recent Synod on Scripture. The Second Vatican Council concluded its Constitution on Divine Revelation with the words of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians, words especially fitting as we come to the end of the Holy Year dedicated to St. Paul, quoting: "that the Word of the Lord may speed on and triumph" (2 Thess. 3:1). Dei Verbum took these words of Paul as its closing prayer, in order that "we may hope for a new stimulus for the life of the Spirit from a growing reverence for the word of God, which "lasts forever" (Is. 40:8)." (DV, 26). It's now our job to help the Church make the "Word of God" spread vigorously in our culture - a culture that desperately needs light to dispel its present darkness. So this is your task, beginning today: Be witnesses of the one, true, and loving God. Be faithful sons and daughters of the Church. And like Josiah, Ezra, and St. Francis, be disciples of the Word.



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