“At a dinner party, recently, I was asked what is the greatest challenge the Church faces today. I thought a moment and replied: the chasm between faith and life. My questioner looked at me quizzically and remarked that she didn’t expect that answer. I imagine that she was ready for any one of the so-called “hot-button” issues that dominate the discourse, both inside and outside the Church. As noisy and divisive as those questions might be, they don’t worry me as a growing trend that seems to isolate us, convincing us to neatly compartmentalize our life, subtly seducing us to go to Mass on Sunday, and for the rest of the week, do whatever we think we need to do to get by.”
(Cardinal Tobin’s Installation Homily)
Installation of Redemptorist Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R. as the 6th Archbishop of Newark, Friday, January 6
News Release of Abp. Tobin’s Installation
http://www.rcan.org/cardinal-tobin-installed-sixth-archbishop-newark
Text of Abp. Tobin’s Installation Homily
http://www.rcan.org/text-homily-during-mass-installation-his-eminence-joseph-william-cardinal-tobin-cssr
Watch the broadcast
http://catholictv.com/shows/americas-catholic-television-network/cardinal-joseph-tobin-installation
(from the Archdiocese of Newark)
