January 21, 2022 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. Thomas Esposito
Near the end of March 2020, the peoples of virtually all nations were enduring the first of many months of enforced isolation and the specter of sickness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. At that precise moment, Pope Francis organized a worldwide hour of adoration, and offered the suffering faithful a sorely needed word of hope.
January 12, 2022 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
On synodality and the ‘listening church’ by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. You’ve likely heard that Bishop Burns called for a diocesan synod. You’ve probably also heard that Pope Francis called for the Church to reflect on “synodality” as the very “path … which God...
November 30, 2021 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. Thomas Esposito
“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...
November 12, 2021 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
“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...
November 12, 2021 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. Thomas Esposito
“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...
October 14, 2021 | A Word to Enkindle, Fr. John Bayer
“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...
