We 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...Columnists
Right after the event which was called Super Bowl XLIX there were many TV, radio and newspaper articles about what had happened during the 60 minutes of the contest....Columnists
I often ask myself about prayer. Where does a genuine desire to converse with God come from? What does it mean when the formal elements of prayer – the words or...
Monday, February 9, 20150383One event that I especially enjoy each year is the Mass and reception at which we honor lay men and women for their volunteer work in our parishes and agencies with the...
Saturday, February 7, 20150165January 19 marked the national holiday in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. As many stated, it was a day on rather than a day off. For me that meant that we all...
Friday, January 23, 20150156To paraphrase Charles Dickens, youth and young adulthood are the best of times and the worst of times. The best of times because these are the years of exploration and...
Friday, January 9, 20150239Hatred is an insidious thing. It blinds us to truth; it blinds us to love; and itblinds us to God. Hatred springs from fear, from self-righteousness and from ignorance....
By Father John Bayer
Special to The Texas Catholic
With the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8 and Christmas on Dec. 25, my thoughts were drawn to think about how...Columnists
One of the interesting nights in the diocese occurs in Advent when every parish imitates the Prodigal Father, who is looking out the window and up the road to be able to...
Wednesday, December 17, 20140221It is Advent season, and we have been warned to stay awake and to keep our eyes alert for a special coming of someone who will show us the path that leads to eternal...
