{"id":710,"date":"2009-05-04T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/corapi-speaks.html"},"modified":"2009-05-04T16:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T16:23:00","slug":"corapi-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/corapi-speaks.html","title":{"rendered":"Corapi speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Especially in these times, I felt that people not only need education in the faith \u2014 we\u2019ve always tried to do that \u2014 but they also need inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/Sf9PzGdWDFI\/AAAAAAAAFh0\/BHwIuO4kHsg\/s1600-h\/Father+Corapi.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 150px;height: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/Sf9PzGdWDFI\/AAAAAAAAFh0\/BHwIuO4kHsg\/s200\/Father+Corapi.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>I find that there is a lot of \u2014 I don\u2019t want to call it quite hopelessness \u2014 but there\u2019s a lot of distress out there around our country and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The remedy is the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>The Spirit we have been given is no cowardly Spirit. He\u2019s the Lord and giver of life. What I want to do is take a synthesis of the Church teaching on the third person of the blessed Trinity, the Holy Spirit; I want to incorporate that into the present moment.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to be very, very relevant. It\u2019s going to concern things that are going on today in our country. I\u2019m going to incorporate some of the Church\u2019s social teachings into this conference, especially components of it that deal with economic things, the danger of socialism. \u2026 I\u2019m really looking forward to being with the people again. I\u2019ve missed them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fathercorapi.com\/\">Fr. John Corapi<\/a>, explaining the presentation he will give this summer in Buffalo. \u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">It marks his return to public preaching after a two year absence.\u00a0  <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/site\/article\/17969\/\">his interview<\/a> with the National Catholic Register for more. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Especially in these times, I felt that people not only need education in the faith \u2014 we\u2019ve always tried to do that \u2014 but they also need inspiration. 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