Thursday, August 22, 20190195By Father John Bayer
Special to The Texas Catholic
One of the more disappointing things I read in the news recently was that Amazon decided, in response to a petition from LGBTQ activists, to stop selling books by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, a Catholic psychologist who promoted “reparative therapy” for those trying to reshape homosexual...
Friday, July 19, 20190355
By Father Jacob Dankasa
Special to The Texas Catholic
In my ministry as a priest, I have the privilege and responsibility of reflecting on the scripture and sharing my thoughts with the people of God in the form of a homily or sermon. Scripture passages are windows through which we peek into our lives.
One beautiful passage...
Wednesday, July 17, 20190873For any flower to blossom fully, its roots must be nourished continuously and grounded in good soil. This simple fact of nature highlights, by analogy, the spiritual necessity of drawing constant inspiration from the first days and heroes of the early Church.
Wednesday, June 19, 20190197 Like an orchestra conductor leading a symphony of different sounds and harmonies, the Holy Spirit creates a masterpiece of unity and communion that extols God's love, Pope Francis said. In creating this harmony, the Holy Spirit "makes the church grow by helping it go beyond human limits, sins and scandal," the pope said June 19 during...
Tuesday, June 18, 20190389Reflecting on the story of the healing of the paralytic (Mk 2:1-12) brings out many lessons. It tells us about the forgiving power of God, but it also presents us with a model of an authentic act of friendship. Four men brought a paralytic to Jesus for healing. When they could not find a way to get into the room where Jesus was, they did...
Tuesday, May 28, 20190555On a recent Saturday afternoon, Emily Duke and a couple dozen of her second-grade classmates at St. Pius X Catholic School walked down the aisle of the parish church to receive their First Holy Communion.
Tuesday, May 14, 20190262I first came across the coined word “comm-YOU-nication” when reading the book How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes. She describes the word as a communication technique that emphasizes the YOU first, before the ME, in a conversation. According to her book, the ability to listen to the other person enhances effective interaction. She...
Monday, April 29, 20190331 Juan Carlos Hernández and his wife Maribel Rosero eagerly awaited Holy Saturday this year like no other. It was the couple’s daughters, Kerly, 14, and Katherin, 12, who helped their parents embark on a spiritual transformation that culminated on the Easter Vigil, when the couple received the Sacraments of Initiation and joined the...
Friday, April 12, 20190323One of the hardest virtues to practice is forgiveness. It’s even more difficult when we consider the different degrees of hurt and pain we have to endure when we are offended. The difficulty in forgiveness arises mostly because of human anger and resentment, which are often long-lasting in the human mind. These lingering feelings of...
Thursday, April 11, 20190533What does it mean to forgive? Is forgiveness essentially a negative and cancelling force, that is, something that ignores an injury? Or is it a positive and creative force, that is, something that adds to life? I think it’s probably both, but my sense is that we typically think only of the negative side. For example, it is popular to...
