Archivo del autor: dflores

I attempt here to pull together some themes I have long thought of vital theological and thus necessarily pastoral importance and with which I have long wrestled. My hope is that my thinking is a little clearer now than it used to be. +df In an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, entitled “Darmok”,Sigue leyendo «A Consideration of St Thomas and the Theological Importance of Figuration (6 April 2026)»

Jueves y Viernes La fe en el Dios del abajamiento, fe en ese Dios que deja su sangre en el dintel del hogar y luego la derrama en una copa para compartirla con los desamparados, los cuales no son nada, menos pobres llenando las mesas dejadas vacías por los desdichados que no querían ni podíanSigue leyendo «Escritos, Semana Santa, 2026»

(Roughly from Ash Wednesday to V Lent. One could read from the top down to the end, which really is sort of a beginning, or from the end to the top which is a sort of provisional end.) +++ Scripture is intended to be a provocation to conversion; this meanswe let it in, instead ofSigue leyendo «A few short reflections, not quite random. (21 March, 2026)»

(A reflection on Pope Leo XIV’s phrase: “To make Christ’s love visible”) “To make Christ’s love visible” is a simple phrase Pope Leo XIV uses in his letter for World Mission Day. He uses it to describe the mission we all share as members of Christ’s Body, the Church. I would like to sketch whatSigue leyendo «A practical guide to the Transfiguration»

Dignitatis Humanae, the Convergence of Traditions, and the Freedom of the Church: I gave this lecture as part of a larger conference at the University of Notre Dame Law School, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae. As I re-read it recently, I thought of some things I might now want to say differently, andSigue leyendo «Dignitatis Humanae, the Convergence of Traditions, and the Freedom of the Church (Notre Dame, 5 November 2015)»

I was asked to preach the Solemn Vespers the night prior to the installation of Bishop Mario Avilés CO, as the 9th Bishop of Corpus Christi. It was heartfelt, a pastoral and thus theological reflection on the life of a bishop. There are some things here I never expected to say. https://youtu.be/UDzhAhzxtYs?feature=shared Bishop Mario AvilésSigue leyendo «Homily for Solemn Vespers prior to the Installation of Bp Mario Avilés CO, in Corpus Christi. 27 January 2026»