The Book of Job is a treasure of the Old Testament. A salutary reminder of the limits of human wisdom, it dramatizes some of the most stirring questions of existence: Why do the innocent suffer and the unjust prosper? Why does God often appear absent from our world? Do we have any way to stand before him?
Thursday, February 19, 20150160We know well enough that we are dust. Limitations, frailty, failures, and mortality all define our being human. This awareness, of course, is not convenient, especially when the alternative is so alluring: who wouldn’t want to “have it your way” and eat, drink, be merry, do what feels good, and avoid the depressing reality that you...
By Father John Bayer
Special to The Texas Catholic
In the first installment of “A Word to Enkindle,” my confrere Father Thomas offered a reflection on the first part of the title: A Word. He noted that Christian faith is distinguished by the confidence that in the beginning was the Word (John 1:1); that is to say, our attitude...
