March 19, 2021 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
Children are increasingly growing up among adults in politics, entertainment and academia who encourage them, even well before puberty, to adopt sexual profiles that conflict with Church teaching, such as transgenderism. This is confusing for those who trust the Biblical understanding of God’s design for human sexuality, according to which the only normative sexual relationship is the one between a husband and a wife who lovingly unite their complementary identities for lasting friendship, collaboration and new life.
February 10, 2021 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. Thomas Esposito
by Fr. Thomas for the Texas Catholic
January 22, 2021 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
Marriage is not a private achievement but an adventure unfolding under God.
January 8, 2021 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. Thomas Esposito
The Church regularly commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the heart of the Christmas season, just three weeks after his birth.
December 16, 2020 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
In Advent we meditate on the coming of Christ. Traditionally, we contemplate not only his coming at Christmas, but also his second coming at the end of time – his coming “in glory to judge the living and the dead” (as we say in the Nicene Creed).
November 28, 2020 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. Thomas Esposito
Christians look to the light of Christ, the true light that knows no darkness or extinguishing, to irradiate the gloom of their own suffering.
