By Father Timothy Gollob
Special to The Texas Catholic
In the “Save the Date” section of The Texas Catholic, there are always a good many announcements of activities taking place in the various parishes of the diocese. We are all caught up...
Monday, May 12, 20140152May is the month of our mother. Those words from the familiar Marian hymn also have deep meaning when we celebrate Mothers’ Day on Sunday.
Friday, April 25, 20140339I was recently asked to be interviewed about the Blessed Pope John Paul II and his impact on my vocation and priestly ministry. The supposition was that he may have had...
Friday, April 25, 20140687With the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, my thoughts have turned way back to the days when we didn’t have the image of a really “hip” pontiff to...
Many Catholics do not understand why the church still reads the Old Testament at Mass. In fact, the liturgical reforms of Vatican II have assigned an Old Testament...Columnists
After the hymn “Glory to God in the Highest,” the priest recites the opening prayer. On a specific feast this prayer sets the tone for the feast and indicates the...Columnists
People have said to me, “Bishop, I want to pray but I don’t know how to start.” Of course the desire to pray is a prayer itself, but I believe that most of the...Columnists
Returning, as he often does, to God’s mercy and forgiveness, Pope Francis reminded us that the Sacrament of Penance is “a gift from the Holy Spirit.”Columnists
On my way to the funeral of the outstanding Cistercian theologian, Father David Balás, I heard a radio commercial urging Texas to stop the “invasion of its...
Wednesday, February 12, 20140220More and more it seems we live in a “throw-away” society. When something is no longer useful or attractive…get rid of it! This is largely due to the media that...
