At Christmas time we like to look at the newborn baby Jesus with the eyes of the heart and try to imagine the unimaginable: the God who holds in his “hand” the more than 50 billion galaxies of the fast expanding universe has chosen so to...Columnists
I have been thinking about Ecclesiastes 3 a good bit lately. “There is an appointed time for everything...a time to be born, and a time to die...a time to keep and a...
Tuesday, December 3, 20130118Considering that Our Holy Father Pope Francis constantly exhibits joy in exercising one of the most challenging ministries in the world, it shouldn’t come as any...
Sunday, November 24, 20130151Most of us would never think of stealing someone else’s property. We would never want to sink that low. Yet all of us, at one time or another if not habitually, steal...
Thursday, November 21, 20130303Before 1960 I had only vaguely heard about a Massachusetts senator named John Fitzgerald Kennedy. However his was only one name among many politicians; but then...
Wednesday, November 20, 20130112Thanksgiving is at the core of our Judeo/Christian tradition. “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, and His mercy endures forever,” (Psalm 106) is probably the...
Every day there are connections in our lives with the illnesses, with the deaths, with the triumphs of other people. These folks might be our family or our neighbors or...
Friday, November 8, 2013086I like to write about good things. The Boy Scouts of America is one of the great treasures that is a part of many of our parishes in the Diocese of Dallas. This came...
Old age is a great gift from God, full of great challenges. In our young and adult years it is relatively easy to convince ourselves that we are sufficient to ourselves....Columnists
As I was thinking about concrete cases in which young adults’ faith is challenged in their professional lives, it occurred to me: why not ask the young adults...
