Letter: Re letter: "Where is the church when we need it?"

I can speak to the heart of the letter, "Where is the church when we need it?" (Oct. 14), from the Catholic point of view. The letter writer laments that Christian churches seem to be silent on solutions for the ailments of society.

Most of the sermons I hear nowadays are a soft-sell on current events solutions. Priests are afraid to rouse us to a call for action in our public life. Priests would rather be friendly with us than admonish us to stick our necks out in public. The Twelve Apostles would be embarrassed if they knew this. My cousin in Texas tells me the same laxity in sermons is occurring where he attends Mass.

As a layperson, I am well known to be a rabble-rouser of religious topics. I intend to mildly stir the consciences of people I encounter on how the precepts of religion could cure the ills of society.

Daniel Pryor

West side