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Posts tagged with "Father Thomas Esposito"

Father Esposito: The Areopagus as the model for dialogue Columnists

Father Esposito: The Areopagus as the model for dialogue

Wednesday, July 17, 20190580 For any flower to blossom fully, its roots must be nourished continuously and grounded in good soil. This simple fact of nature highlights, by analogy, the spiritual necessity of drawing constant inspiration from the first days and heroes of the early Church.
Father Esposito: Discovering the still point of the turning world Columnists

Father Esposito: Discovering the still point of the turning world

Tuesday, May 28, 20190323 In the heart of Rome stands Piazza Venezia, a chaotic traffic circle in front of the gaudy Vittorio Emanuele monument, home to Italy’s tomb of the unknown soldier and dubbed “the wedding cake” by American tourists for its dazzling white marble. To the east of this monument stands a drab brown building, Palazzo San Marco, originally...
Father Esposito: The encounter between Job and the risen Christ Columnists

Father Esposito: The encounter between Job and the risen Christ

Friday, April 26, 20190175 I stumbled upon a question during Holy Week, one that moved quite gracefully from a thought-experiment to prayer: how would Job respond to the suffering of Christ on the cross?
Father Esposito: The wonder of knowing as we are known Columnists

Father Esposito: The wonder of knowing as we are known

Friday, March 29, 20190153 I recall playing with my nephew Lucas, who was roughly 2 years old at the time. I held up a mirror to him, and asked him whose picture he saw in the mirror. He shouted, “That’s Lucas!” I responded, “But who is Lucas?” With a happy giggle, he squealed, “Me!”
Father Esposito: Spiritual direction lessons on time with St. Augustine Columnists

Father Esposito: Spiritual direction lessons on time with St. Augustine

Friday, March 1, 20190505 By Father Thomas Esposito Special to The Texas Catholic My first years as a priest and spiritual director have taught me that many people do not love themselves as they should. This is hardly a matter of selfish egoism – we must, after all, begin with a healthy love of self if we are to love our neighbor as ourselves (Leviticus...
Father Esposito: Loving with the guts of God Columnists

Father Esposito: Loving with the guts of God

Friday, February 1, 20190195 God does not experience or suffer emotions as we do. Theologians rightly point out that the divine essence, so utterly transcendent, not limited by bodily form, cannot be moved or changed in the way that human beings are, subject as we are to the passage of time, emotional upheaval, and our mortal bodies. Given the radical differences...
Father Esposito: The Divine Philanthropy at Christmas Columnists

Father Esposito: The Divine Philanthropy at Christmas

Thursday, December 27, 20180229 An elderly priest recounted to me a conversation he once had with a devout Muslim. The primary topic of their friendly dialogue was the identity of Jesus. When the priest had finished explaining the mystery of the Incarnation (that is, of God becoming fully human in Christ) as best he could, the Muslim snapped in response, “Why would...
Father Esposito: ‘Humanae Vitae’ and its Joyful Prophets Columnists

Father Esposito: ‘Humanae Vitae’ and its Joyful Prophets

Thursday, November 15, 20180204 Humanae Vitae is not an elegant treatise on the Church’s traditional teaching against artificial contraception. It lacks the philosophical brilliance of Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body, which appeared a decade or so after Pope Paul VI absorbed crushing criticism of his encyclical “on human life.” Cardinal Ratzinger...
Father Esposito: The apocalypse that we need now Columnists

Father Esposito: The apocalypse that we need now

Thursday, October 18, 20180444 My friend Father Josh Whitfield of St. Rita Catholic Church recently wrote a fine Dallas Morning News op-ed in which he suggests that America is experiencing a political and cultural unraveling, both of which are symptoms of a more terrible spiritual malady.
Father Esposito: The cosmos that puts chaos to flight Columnists

Father Esposito: The cosmos that puts chaos to flight

Saturday, September 22, 20180125 By Father Thomas Esposito Special to The Texas Catholic Almost every semester, I teach a course for freshmen at the University of Dallas entitled “Understanding the Bible,” though most students prefer the hipster nickname of “Under the Bible.” I do not believe that I will ever tire of teaching this introductory class. I’m...
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