Here’s What I Wish Harrison Butker Would Have Said
The Chiefs kicker missed an opportunity to mention our common call to evangelize.
The Chiefs kicker missed an opportunity to mention our common call to evangelize.
The dig just ahead of the Summer Olympics further highlights the Super Bowl champ’s countercultural witness.
’It it is not people, but Jesus Christ, who I am trying to please,’ Butker, a three-time Super Bowl champion and the 2019 NFL scoring leader, said May 24.
So much is being said about a speech that wasn’t even for us.
The Super Bowl champ and kicker spoke about the dignity of life, masculinity, and the most important role of all: motherhood.
Catholic bishops should be more like St. Damien of Molokai, the three-time Super Bowl winner and outspoken Catholic said. ‘I believe that this audience and this venue is the best place to speak openly and honestly about who we are and where we all want to go, which is heaven.’
Georgia Tech grad and NFL kicker Harrison Butker is grateful for the joy found in the Catholic Church.
Butker, who offered advice last year at his alma mater, Georgia Tech, is known not only for setting NFL records but also for being outspoken about his Catholic faith.
Former Notre Dame football coach and Hall of Famer Lou Holtz publicly thanked Butker on Twitter Thursday for his speech.
Although this year’s speech made a bigger social-media splash, Butker shared much of the same advice last year to students at his alma mater.
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