Wednesday, May 9, 20180216Recently, I was checking out my garden in back of the Holy Cross rectory and I was pondering what purpose it served. It was not beautiful nor was it bounteous in produce, but it had a multitude of goodies stuffed into every corner.
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ROCKWALL -- Family, friends and police officers from across the country paid their last respects May 1 to Dallas Police Department Officer Rogelio Santander, Jr., Badge No.10934, at a Catholic funeral service, held at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall in order to accommodate the more than 3,000 people in attendance.
Dallas Bishop...
Sunday, April 29, 20180222One of my favorite musicians, Audrey Assad, once suggested we should be praying “with” the martyrs and not just “for” them. In this way, she introduced a very beautiful song, “Even Unto Death,” which was inspired by the execution of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya in February, 2015. She says she wrote it “to adopt the prayers...
Friday, April 27, 20180216Several weeks ago, I got an eye-opening education on the life of the first Black Roman Catholic priest in the United States, Father Augustus Tolton. This came in the form of the play, “Tolton...From Slave to Priest,” which was presented as a one-man drama at Bishop Dunne Catholic School and at St. Rita Catholic Church.
Wednesday, April 25, 20180412Today is the 19th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine, as you have probably heard many times today and throughout this past week. Our purpose in organizing this whole tribute is to bring us together as a school, as a family. Because even though we are young and we sometimes feel like we do not have a voice, we do; we really do. In...
Thursday, April 19, 20180289Christians must be willing to move where the Spirit leads them and not be benchwarmers on the sidelines of efforts to evangelize, Pope Francis said.
Wednesday, April 11, 20180222As a sign that God's mercy cannot be limited, Pope Francis has recommissioned his special army of priests charged with bringing that divine mercy to everyone.
Wednesday, April 11, 20180399I 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 deep in the earth, Easter is the time to rethink that thought and consider that you might have just been planted. Consequently, it is Spring and the right time to rise and...
Wednesday, April 11, 20180394One of the great titles bestowed by the church upon Mary Magdalene is “the apostle to the apostles.” According to the Gospel of John, Mary, still sorrowful on “the first day of the week” (John 20:1), is the privileged recipient of the first Easter message that Jesus’ body no longer rests in the tomb. After racing to Simon Peter...
Friday, April 6, 20180952Bishop Edward J. Burns cited the words of Scripture, Pope Francis and the Statue of Liberty’s inscription in unveiling an initiative on April 6 that encourages North Texans to take to heart and practice the “Golden Rule” in their treatment of all people.
