Remember your dignity as Advent begins
“Remember your dignity as Advent begins” by Fr. Thomas for Texas Catholic. Greek philosophers centuries before Christ acknowledged the immense mystery of our being human. Man, they said, is a microcosm, a condensed universe, containing in himself the vast...
Evaluating Globalization with St. Benedict
“Evaluating Globalization with St. Benedict” by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. One of the hot topics in political discourse today is globalization – that is, the tendency for the world population to become more integrated, or at least more...
The Sabbath Rest is for you, not God
“The Sabbath Rest is for you, not God” by Fr. Thomas for Texas Catholic. “On the seventh day, God completed the work He had been doing; He rested on the seventh day from all the work He had undertaken. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because...
Seeing Stress in Light of the Gospel
“Seeing Stress in Light of the Gospel” by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. Lots of us say we’re stressed. What is stress? According to the American Psychological Association, we can distinguish two kinds, one positive (eustress) and the other negative...
Prayer as audacious battle with God
. Paul’s description of prayer as striving on behalf of someone else has always intrigued me; the verb form he uses, agonizomenos, implies a fight, engagement in a contest where victory or defeat is at stake.