Family Reflection Video: Shrinking Responsibility

By: Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C. on May 30th, 2017

Family Reflection Video: Shrinking Responsibility

service | faithfulness | Acts of the Apostles

The Church is shrinking in more ways than one. What can we do? Is there hope?

The shrinking numbers in the Church do not deter the men and women who are “shrink resistant.” These are people who don’t fear from speaking the total truth of God’s plan and dedicate their lives to Jesus. They are people with hope and love in their hearts.

With your family discuss the instinct to shrink from your responsibilities. What are some ways you and your family can be “shrink resistant” and put your trust in the Holy Spirit?

I’ll leave you with words from 2 Timothy“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather of power and love and self-control.” God bless you and your family.

For additional reading: Acts 20:17-27.

About Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C.

Father Pinto Paul C.S.C., ordained a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1999, worked with tribal populations in northeast India as a missionary for ten years. In 2010 he came to the US for further studies. While working as a campus minister at Stonehill College, he assisted pastors in local parishes, led seminars and workshops for teachers and students in the US and earned a master’s degree in Educational Administration from Boston College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Lesley University, Cambridge. He is currently working as the International Director of the Boston-based Holy Cross Family Ministries with missions in 18 countries.