Wednesday, October 28, 20150266If you want to experience the Church in both its diversity and unity, the place to do it is the annual University of Dallas Ministry Conference. For three days last...
Friday, October 23, 20150166During the funeral of the great Yankee catcher, Yogi Berra, the archbishop of New York said that Yogi and Pope Francis had three outstanding qualities that they shared....
Friday, October 16, 20150126Sharing with you what I consider the core message of Pope Francis’ many talks and homilies during his visit to our nation has been very important, but I want to return...
Friday, October 16, 20150386A certain hesitation grips me whenever an elderly person asks me, a young priest, for advice, whether spiritual or practical. My usual response is to remind him or her...
Friday, October 2, 20150440It has been said that “God writes straight with crooked lines.” It occurred to me this past week that one of God’s crooked lines was behind Fray Junipero Serra...
Thursday, October 1, 20150141What a wonderful experience of being Catholic this past week has been; overwhelming, but exhilarating! The visit of Pope Francis had a positive impact on both Catholics...
Thursday, October 1, 20150181The Bible contains some dense and difficult sentences. For that reason, sometimes they wash over us like the final seconds of a radio commercial. But unlike the final...
Tuesday, September 29, 20150145We acknowledge that the Diocese of Dallas has been around these parts as an authentic entity for 125 years. None of us who celebrates this milestone has a fraction of...
Thursday, September 17, 20150398We simply cannot ignore the suffering of these brothers and sisters. Evil has happened in history because good people did not stand up in time to stop it. Sometimes we...