How can we be apostles? BEL SAN LUIS, SVDThe gospel message for this Sunday recalls the Lord choosing his twelve apostles. He says, “The harvest is great but the laborers are few.”Someone confided to me that there will always be “few laborers” if the Catholic Church does not abolish its rule of celibacy. Unfortunately many have the idea that the call of Christ is addressed only to the apostles and their successors — bishops, priests, and religious. * * *British Malcolm Muggeridge was a TV journalist celebrity who did not care much about God and religion.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 06, 2019 16:07 UTC