The 20th-century liturgical renewal rightly emphasized the central importance of the Eucharistic sacrifice against the exaggerated emphasis on benedictions and other Eucharistic devotions outside of Mass. But it was a serious misinterpretation of...Columnists
Some Catholic school students in the Diocese of Dallas begin heading back to the classroom on Tuesday, Aug. 12. That makes them among the first students in the...
Saturday, July 19, 20140256All of us are shocked and dismayed by recent reports of seemingly senseless killings. Day after day, television, radio and newspapers report seemingly random acts of...
Thursday, July 17, 20140178Summer is now officially here, and we Texans know that many hot days soon follow. Stay cool! Take a vacation. Relax and pray for more rain. It has been just long enough...
Registration has already begun in many of our parishes for religious education programs that begin in the fall. I cannot emphasize too strongly the importance of...Columnists
Today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the right of the owners of two corporations, Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation to refuse to...Columnists
In reflecting on Fathers’ Day I realized that no two fathers are alike. Let’s see, a father may be: a coach, a friend, a teacher, a dispenser of discipline, a...Columnists
After the Sanctus, the thanksgiving prayer to the father through the son continues and leads us to the epiclesis, a solemn invocation of the Holy Spirit to consecrate...
Thursday, June 12, 20140364As the world peeked in at the preparations and the schedule of Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land, there were many speculations made concerning what impact this...
The liturgy of the Eucharist in the strict sense begins when the bread and wine are brought to the altar. What, then, is the meaning of preparing these gifts for the...
