February 29, 2024 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. Thomas Esposito
No easy interpretation of Genesis 22 exists. The account of God’s test of Abraham is truly awe-ful. It gives us no psychological insights into the heart of Abraham or Isaac, and the sparse narrative details — the three days’ journey, the binding of Isaac upon the altar, the dramatic angelic intervention to stay Abraham’s knife — are terrifying in their raw simplicity. Yet these verses offer wondrous cause for meditation on the mystery of sacrifice.
February 9, 2024 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
My impression is that many people today think we live in unprecedented and negative times. They feel afraid as they watch ideologies make bold moves for economic and political power.
In a certain basic sense, it is hard for me to agree that our times are unprecedented. The Church must struggle in every age, and we just don’t have that divine vision which would allow us to compare, definitively or apocalyptically, our own age with any other. On the other hand, I can easily understand the feeling that things are urgent; after all, these are our times, and so we are, quite rightly, sensitive to their dramatic character.
January 12, 2024 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
“Learning from ‘Las Posadas'” by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. This Christmas I had the very edifying experience of attending for the first time a celebration of Las Posadas. The celebration was organized by Puede Network, a youth empowerment...
December 27, 2023 | Continuum
Contents Letter from the Headmaster News & Notes ACCIS College Counseling ReviewCollege Matriculation The Stations of the Cross Tradition: Legacies of Communion and Stewardship on the Cistercian Grounds Some were pushed, others pulled …All were formed Class...
November 17, 2023 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. Thomas Esposito
St. Paul seems to have defined the triad we know today as the theological virtues: faith, hope, and love.
November 2, 2023 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
“Lay engagement in the synod and beyond” by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. As a member of the synod preparatory commission, one of the exciting things I have seen is the synergy between clergy and laity in our diocese. Of course, we are still a pilgrim...
