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Overcoming Generations of Poor Catechesis

Chris Stefanick briefly explains how we can overcome poor catechesis by showing people that they hunger for love in their lives, and that the surest way to satisfy that desire is through Christ who is God’s love made present to us.

Transcript:

Host: Let’s go to Kurt in Janesville, Wisconsin listening on the Ave Maria App. Kurt, if you could kind of phrase your question succinctly, then I think we can get an answer from Chris before the end of the program.

Caller: I will. I think we’ve lost our Catholic identity in that we have the body and blood and the Real Presence of Jesus, and I don’t think a lot of Catholics know or believe this or have ever been taught this.

Chris: Yeah, agreed. You know, we have a generation of poor catechesis, and a generation of people who, again, when they hear words like “Body, blood, soul, divinity,” or “transubstantiated,” think, “How is this relevant to my life?”

You know, we have to grab people’s hearts and show them that this is the love you’re made for, that’s how it’s relevant to your life. And again this is the “kerygma” we call it, that primary proclamation of the Gospel, it has to infuse every teaching that we give. You know, so why should someone care about about transubstantiation? We go back to, well, because our hearts are made for something more. What’s that something more? We’re hungry for something, what’s that something we’re hungry for? It’s for love. Where do we experience that love? Body, blood, soul, divinity. You know, I think there’s–so we have a generation of people who have often forgotten to care about these things. And that’s the greatest apologetic of all: Why should I care? We gotta answer that question.

Host: And I should care because Christ is the love of God made present.

Chris: Amen. It’s what I’m made for.

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