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Posts tagged with "Father Thomas Esposito"

Father Esposito: The privilege of being a priest Columnists

Father Esposito: The privilege of being a priest

Friday, May 5, 20230324 Spring, according to custom, is a most suitable season for weddings; the abundance of freshly bursting flowers signals that creation rejoices in the beginning of a new life together. The Easter season, overlapping with spring, often features priestly ordinations; the abundance of Alleluia joy reverberates through cathedrals as men are...
Father Esposito: The incarnational principle and Good Friday Columnists

Father Esposito: The incarnational principle and Good Friday

Thursday, April 6, 20230195 Over two millennia of Church history, several standards of orthodoxy have served as the pillars on which a correct understanding of the Christian mysteries must be built. One of them is what I would call the incarnational principle: a proper acknowledgement of the goodness of the material world and the human body. 
Father Esposito: Happiness as the blessed life Columnists

Father Esposito: Happiness as the blessed life

Friday, March 10, 20230183 “Why should I be happy?” I wasn’t expecting such a snappy retort to my friendly question “Are you happy?”, even though the respondent was my scowling confrere Father Roch Kereszty. Never satisfied with facile and clichéd conversations, Father Roch always resisted the shallow and automatic answers we give to questions that are...
Father Esposito: The science and theology of invention Columnists

Father Esposito: The science and theology of invention

Monday, February 13, 20230222 We typically associate the word “invention” with modern scientific breakthroughs, brilliant and painstaking achievements by geniuses producing civilizational advancements and mastery over the forces of nature. Human ingenuity has produced astonishing developments, from the printing press to the combustion engine to the Internet, with...
Father Esposito: Praying with the O Antiphons Columnists

Father Esposito: Praying with the O Antiphons

Saturday, December 17, 20220176 Whenever people ask me how they can prepare themselves spiritually for Christmas, I invite them to read the lyrics of Christmas carols as prayers. Specifying which carols to employ is important; I am not aware of any mystical symbolism behind “Frosty the Snowman,” and I have long been convinced that “All I Want for Christmas is...
Father Esposito: Why God allows you to be angry at Him Columnists

Father Esposito: Why God allows you to be angry at Him

Friday, November 11, 20220549 A popular praise-&-worship song takes its title from the opening words of Psalm 89: “I could sing of your love forever.” The song stirs emotions to a blissful pitch of gushing adoration for the loving and healing God who allows us to lift our hands daily in tranquil praise of His never-failing mercy.
Father Esposito: Prison meditations on providence Columnists

Father Esposito: Prison meditations on providence

Wednesday, October 12, 20220186 While awaiting a sham trial and certain execution for high treason, Thomas More prayed and wrote. Henry VIII had declared himself head of the Church of England, and the Catholic More, who had served the king loyally as chancellor, refused to break his spiritual allegiance to the pope. He was utterly alone at this hour of his life; his...
Father Esposito: Technology’s trap and our humanity Columnists

Father Esposito: Technology’s trap and our humanity

Tuesday, September 20, 20220241 I reached a new low recently when I felt an overwhelming and irresistible itch to catch up on emails mere minutes after my first check of the day, which happened mere minutes after I finished celebrating Mass. I had long lamented the sight of my students reaching addictively for their phones as soon as class ended, but the realization...
Father Esposito: The graced adventure of simplicity Columnists

Father Esposito: The graced adventure of simplicity

Monday, August 22, 20220248 The future is not simply an adventure; it’s the adventure, according to the Latin roots ad, “to, toward” and ventura, “what will come.” While many students eagerly anticipate the start of a new school year and engaged couples impatiently count down the days to their wedding, dread of the approaching unknowns is familiar to...
Father Esposito: Mortality and weakness: A Father’s Day meditation Columnists

Father Esposito: Mortality and weakness: A Father’s Day meditation

Saturday, June 18, 20220245 Being a father requires a man to acknowledge his mortality. From a purely biological perspective, the sexual drive is a program for reproduction that presumes the death of the one generating new life. Leon Kass, a brilliant physician and philosopher, asserts this truth in a stark manner: “Sexual desire, in human beings as in animals,...
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