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Posts tagged with "Father Thomas Esposito"

Father Esposito: The relationship between laughter and grace Columnists

Father Esposito: The relationship between laughter and grace

Tuesday, September 8, 20200240 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, 20200261 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, 20200555 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, 20200446 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, 20200317 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, 20200301 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...
Father Esposito: Faith in the time of two quarantines Columnists

Father Esposito: Faith in the time of two quarantines

Friday, March 27, 20200300 The word “quarantine” as we use it today was first coined in 14th century Venice – the leaders of that most serene watery republic ordered a mandatory period of isolation for people arriving in ships during the Black Death outbreak. A sequence of 40 days — una quarantina in modern Italian — was sufficient, they deemed, to...
Father Esposito: The faith of a Catholic woman in Auschwitz Columnists

Father Esposito: The faith of a Catholic woman in Auschwitz

Friday, March 6, 20200225 By Father Thomas Esposito Special to The Texas Catholic January 27 marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the most notorious of the Nazi extermination camps. Noting that occasion, Paraclete Press published the translation of a Jewish-Catholic woman’s experience in the death camps. Entitled “The Auschwitz...
Father Esposito: Discussing Prudence, Providence and Proper Discernments Columnists

Father Esposito: Discussing Prudence, Providence and Proper Discernments

Friday, February 7, 20200440 If posed to a general audience, the question “What is prudence?” would likely elicit a series of memorable and perhaps depressing answers, ranging from “a name for a cranky granny” and “a cool Beatles song from the White Album” to “excessive hesitation in coming to a decision” and “the Catholic way of saying ‘NO’ to...
Father Esposito: A hidden life that everyone should see Columnists

Father Esposito: A hidden life that everyone should see

Thursday, January 16, 20200483 This column is simply an exhortation to you, good reader, to watch and ponder the film “A Hidden Life.” The movie chronicles the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer, devoted husband, father of three young girls, and a devout Catholic who refused to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler, and was consequently condemned...
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