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Father Esposito: The encounter between Job and the risen Christ
Friday, April 26, 2019098 I stumbled upon a question during Holy Week, one that moved quite gracefully from a thought-experiment to prayer: how would Job respond to the suffering of Christ on the cross?
Father Dankasa: To forgive is to reclaim our hearts and minds
Friday, April 12, 20190109 One of the hardest virtues to practice is forgiveness. It’s even more difficult when we consider the different degrees of hurt and pain we have to endure when we are offended. The difficulty in forgiveness arises mostly because of human anger and...
Father Bayer: Forgiveness
Thursday, April 11, 20190155 What does it mean to forgive? Is forgiveness essentially a negative and cancelling force, that is, something that ignores an injury? Or is it a positive and creative force, that is, something that adds to life? I think it’s probably both, but my...
Father Esposito: The wonder of knowing as we are known
Friday, March 29, 20190105 I recall playing with my nephew Lucas, who was roughly 2 years old at the time. I held up a mirror to him, and asked him whose picture he saw in the mirror. He shouted, “That’s Lucas!” I responded, “But who is Lucas?” With a happy giggle,...More columnists
Father Bayer: Memory matters
How many words, songs and rhymes are stored in your memory? If I say, “Take me out to the…” or “Oops I…” you could probably finish the two lines (“Take me out to the ballgame” and “Oops I did it again”). We have an immense world... Friday, March 15, 2019Father Dankasa: How prayer nourishes our spiritual lives
When I was serving as parochial vicar at St. Joseph parish in Richardson, I observed something about the trees in the courtyard that amazed me. If you’re familiar with the layout at St. Joseph, you know that between the church and the rectory is a...
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Father Rangel: Forgiving others is the greatest Lenten practice
One of the actions that most reminds us of the great dignity we have after being created in the image and likeness of God is forgiveness.
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Father Whitfield: The habits of Lent and seeing Christ
“What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit.” These are the words of Charles Péguy, instigator, poet, soldier, Catholic. And they’re words which, for me, come to mind as we begin our Lent again.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Father Esposito: Spiritual direction lessons on time with St. Augustine
By Father Thomas Esposito
Special to The Texas Catholic
My first years as a priest and spiritual director have taught me that many people do not love themselves as they should. This is hardly a matter of selfish egoism – we must, after...
Friday, March 1, 2019
Father Gollob: Even in crisis, faith, hope and charity remain the answer
This year of 2019 has been a blessed one full of opportunities to beef up our personal faith during the exercise of exorcising the many problems coming upon our church.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019