The early Christians were being severely persecuted for their faith in Jesus as the son of God. Many of them martyred for the faith, spilling their blood as they gave witness to their faith in Jesus Christ. St. Paul is writing to Timothy, who is much younger than him, to try to encourage him and to remind him to not only rely on human...
Friday, October 11, 20130332Parishioners of St. Anthony Catholic Church celebrated the parish’s 75th anniversary on Oct. 6, with 100 people filling its pews and a combined choir whose voices and instruments reverberated in the stone structure. With an escort from the Knights of Columbus for the procession, Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel led the anniversary...
The third commandment of the Decalog calls us to keep God’s day holy. As Christians we observe God’s day on Sunday, the day of the resurrection, the day on which the great work of Jesus’ redemption was accomplished by his victory over sin and death. Keeping God’s day holy can be difficult in our time and culture. The world...
Monday, September 30, 20130212Sacred Heart of Jesus Chinese Catholic Church celebrated 20 years as a parish during the month of September, but for countless parishioners their community’s roots are much deeper.
When I first learned the Ten Commandments preparing for first communion and first confession, I remember wondering why God’s name was so important that there had to be a commandment for it. I could understand a commandment about murder or stealing and even disobeying my parents. But as the saying goes, “What’s in a name?”Bishop Douglas Deshotel
As we reflected on earlier, in baptism we are re-created, re-born into a new life as children of God. We are brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ and heirs to the everlasting life he won for us by his suffering, death and resurrection. The goal of our lives as Christians is to become ever more like Jesus Christ, our model of what it...Bishop Douglas Deshotel
We encounter the living Jesus Christ in each of the seven sacraments. This is also true in the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. Formerly called extreme unction, the anointing of the sick unites us with Christ in sickness, suffering and when we pass from this life to eternity. Sickness, suffering and death are part of our human...Bishop Douglas Deshotel
Just as God creates out of love, it is in this environment of married loved that new human life is brought into existence. Cooperating with God, husband and wife become part of his plan for generating new life. True love begets new life. It is on this that the church bases its teaching on God’s design for married life. Bishop Douglas Deshotel
“My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.” These words were spoken by Our Blessed Lord in what is known as the discourse on “the bread of life."
Thursday, February 28, 20130140In the final hour of his pontificate, Dallas Catholics gathered at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe at noon Feb. 28 to give thanks and offer prayers for Pope Benedict XVI. Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel led the Mass of Thanksgiving, welcoming Catholics and non-Catholics to pray for Pope Benedict.
