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Posts tagged with "Father Thomas Esposito"

Father Esposito: Grace at Work in Infant Baptism Columnists

Father Esposito: Grace at Work in Infant Baptism

Friday, January 8, 20210282 I learned recently that the priest who baptized me, Monsignor Joseph Ferraro, died of Covid-19 on December 17. Father Ferraro was a Navy chaplain stationed in Oakland, California when my father was on active duty, and he de-heathenized me when I was a month old. I never met Monsignor Joe as an adult, but we exchanged emails several years...
Father Esposito: The Noble Truth of Advent Columnists

Father Esposito: The Noble Truth of Advent

Saturday, November 28, 20200410 Christians look to the light of Christ, the true light that knows no darkness or extinguishing (see John 1:4-5), to irradiate the gloom of their own suffering. Our efforts to purify the weak and fluttering flame of our heart from the ravenous cravings of selfishness, lust, and greed dim the light we radiate to others, and can bring us to...
Father Esposito: Cyrus and the Lord of History Columnists

Father Esposito: Cyrus and the Lord of History

Saturday, October 31, 20200195 The prophet Isaiah surely knew he was introducing a shocking concept when he communicated a message of the Lord beginning with the words “Thus says the Lord to His anointed Cyrus” (Isaiah 45:1). The shock is not that the prophet refers to a king as the messiah, but rather that this particular king is not even an Israelite. Cyrus the...
Father Esposito: Compline and the Good Night Columnists

Father Esposito: Compline and the Good Night

Thursday, October 1, 20200127 Among the treasures contained in our monastic hours of prayer, none is more precious to me than Compline, also known as Night Prayer. Its Latin name, Completorium, identifies it as the concluding communal prayer of the day, chanted in the evening twilight or, in the winter months, when the sun has already set.
Father Esposito: The relationship between laughter and grace Columnists

Father Esposito: The relationship between laughter and grace

Tuesday, September 8, 20200200 The Swiss theologian Karl Barth is the author of a line that has always fascinated me: in the realm of nature, “Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God” that we possess. I would like to explain why I think he is absolutely correct.
Father Esposito: St. Paul's answer to slavery Columnists

Father Esposito: St. Paul's answer to slavery

Friday, July 17, 20200237 Contemporary readers of St. Paul criticize him for his apparent tolerance of slavery (see Ephesians 6:5-9; Colossians 3:22-25; Titus 2:9-10). Given the specter of slavery and racism in our nation’s past (and, alas, the present), we wish that Paul would have spoken more forcefully, from our vantage point, against the institution. Yet we...
Father Esposito: What is a Paraclete anyway? Columnists

Father Esposito: What is a Paraclete anyway?

Friday, May 29, 20200490 The modern Greek word for “Thank you,” eucharisto, immediately calls to our Christian minds the gift of Christ’s body and blood, commemorated in our Eucharistic liturgy. The proper response to eucharisto today might not be as recognizable, but it is equally rich in theological meaning. The word parakalo, which functions as...
Father Esposito: Dante and the dark wood of quarantine Columnists

Father Esposito: Dante and the dark wood of quarantine

Thursday, May 7, 20200409 Sheltering in place might not look much like a dark wood, but my time in quarantine has brought Dante to the forefront of my mind. I have long been awed by the brilliance of his “Divine Comedy,” the indescribably beautiful rhythm and rhyme of his Italian, and the sheer bravado that inspired him both to locate his own contemporaries...
Father Esposito: The Experience of being in solitude together Columnists

Father Esposito: The Experience of being in solitude together

Wednesday, April 22, 20200291 Luke begins his account of Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Messiah with a rather curious phrase: “Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say that I am?’” (Luke 9:18). Those who already know the answer might gloss over the sheer oddity of the opening...
Father Esposito: The faith of the first followers, and ours Columnists

Father Esposito: The faith of the first followers, and ours

Friday, April 10, 20200288 Father Thomas Esposito Special to The Texas Catholic When I read the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ ministry, I often pause to ask myself: would I have been brave enough to accept his invitation to discipleship if I heard him with my own ears? Had I been a believing Jew following his ministry, could I have embraced his vision of my...
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