Wednesday, April 11, 20180390I guarantee that the Holy Spirit worked overtime during the past Holy Week. One inspiration came via email saying that if sometimes you feel overwhelmed and are buried...
Friday, March 2, 20180423Back in the late 1960s when North Texas was known as the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, a wonderful event occurred. Four parishes in Dallas had creative young adults who...
Thursday, February 15, 20180231Charles Dickens had a way with words. In his novel, “A Tale of Two Cities,” he penned the famous quote: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”...
Monday, January 22, 20180240We were all taught by our parents and by our teachers that we were each called to be someone special. That call was labeled a “vocation.” As we grew up in a certain...
Friday, November 3, 20170288The current month of November brings the joy and the sadness of autumn to us in a vivid way as the trees vest themselves in many colors, but then those same leaves...
Thursday, October 19, 20170236During the past few weeks, there has been enough violence to fill hundreds of historical documents, but history can remain very dry and far distant from most of us....
Wednesday, September 20, 20170167In the days just before the recent catastrophic hurricanes in Texas and Florida, there were many hours of warnings about what was about to happen. What so many have just...
Tuesday, September 5, 20170171As I write this column, there are preparations going forward in Oklahoma City for the beatification of a priest missionary to the Central American country of Guatemala....
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By Father Timothy Gollob
Special to The Texas Catholic
There is a certain wonder and mystery about the Ordinary Times of the church liturgical cycle. Every year...