Tuesday, June 18, 20190171Reflecting on the story of the healing of the paralytic (Mk 2:1-12) brings out many lessons. It tells us about the forgiving power of God, but it also presents us with a model of an authentic act of friendship. Four men brought a paralytic to Jesus for healing. When they could not find a way to get into the room where Jesus was, they did...
Thursday, March 28, 2019024Lent is just now building up steam and it is Spring already! Blossoms are abundant on the trees around our area which used to be called Fruitdale. The name was inspired by the many Czech families who settled in the southern part of Dallas county in order to be close to their new jobs and also close to Sunday dinner with their mothers...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019023This 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.
Friday, January 4, 20190204
A woman kneels for prayer during the Nativity of the Lord Christmas Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Dec. 24. (Ben Torres/Special Contributor)
By Father Jacob Dankasa Special to The Texas Catholic
During Jesus’ lifetime he had people who believed in him, who agreed with him, who walked alongside him....
Friday, December 14, 2018026
By Father John Bayer
Special to The Texas Catholic
In the span of about two weeks I received 15 cards encouraging me as a priest. One person, who signed herself as “Your spiritual mother,” wrote, “May you be strong against temptations. Take heart as we face the current scandals in the priesthood.” Another wrote, “To...
Thursday, October 18, 2018049Recently, I had a “throwback” day in my memory bank as the curch celebrated the feast day of St. John XXIII. It was also a day when our Salvadoran community was gearing up to welcome their beloved Archbishop Oscar Romero to the ranks of recognized saints.
Thursday, October 19, 2017091During the past few weeks, there has been enough violence to fill hundreds of historical documents, but history can remain very dry and far distant from most of us. However, for the families and the neighbors of the victims, there is the sadness of the loss and of the pain and of the frustration.
Thursday, October 5, 2017047A story. Some time ago I had lunch with a black friend in a major city. I asked him what it was like when he first met the couple that informally adopted him by mentoring him after he aged out of foster care. He said something like, “During the first six months I was suspicious, because I had been burned many times before, but then I...
Thursday, October 5, 2017073
By Father Thomas Esposito
Special to The Texas Catholic
October is the month of the Rosary in the Roman Catholic tradition. Dedication to this devotion, and in particular its faithful recitation in October, is due largely to the victory of the Catholic Western powers over the Ottoman Empire at the naval battle of Lepanto on Oct....
Wednesday, September 20, 2017042In the days just before the recent catastrophic hurricanes in Texas and Florida, there were many hours of warnings about what was about to happen. What so many have just lived through happened almost exactly as had been predicted. How did the weather forecasters get their knowledge? My good sailor father had a saying which he often...
