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A short talk on the Christian Humanism of Pope Francis (March 2025)

I gave this reflection on Pope Francis at Fordham University on March 13, 2025, about a month before the Holy Father died. I was part of a panel of theologians more distinguished than I. I publish it now, because it seems the right time. The occasion was an opportunity for me, briefly, to pull someSigue leyendo «A short talk on the Christian Humanism of Pope Francis (March 2025)»

Sobre la evangelización, la pobreza, y la caridad de Cristo, (Septiembre 2019)

Meditaciones sobre la evangelización, la caridad de Cristo, y el Pobre que nos podría salvar +Daniel E. Flores, STD Obispo de Brownsville (Conferencia Escobedo, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas, 26 septiembre 2019) Prólogo No pretendo ofrecer un esquema completo de la evangelización, ni siquiera un argumento sobre un aspecto en particular. Ofrezco unosSigue leyendo «Sobre la evangelización, la pobreza, y la caridad de Cristo, (Septiembre 2019)»

Belonging to the WORD made Flesh (November 2017)

Address to the American Catholic Philosophical Association, Baylor University. I gave this lecture in November 2017. As I reread it for purposes of placing it on this site (because it really is aimed at putting scattered stuff in one place), I am struck by how long it is. I really do need a good editor.Sigue leyendo «Belonging to the WORD made Flesh (November 2017)»

A Verse in Two Languages about a priest and a stranger at the Church door (Sometime in 2013)

Something I wrote in 2013, below is a play on words in two languages. If you find the quick switch from one language to the other disconcerting, that is not necessarily a bad thing. Understanding someone else is never easy, and we deceive ourselves if we think it is. It takes effort and love. ThisSigue leyendo «A Verse in Two Languages about a priest and a stranger at the Church door (Sometime in 2013)»

“Calico Joe”, Baseball, and Forgiveness

John Grisham wrote a book that I read some time back. The book is entitled “Calico Joe,” a well told baseball story. I like baseball stories. Some of the most enjoyable novels I have read have had a baseball backdrop. The sport lends itself to a rhythmic narrative that punctuates the pace of life. Like theSigue leyendo «“Calico Joe”, Baseball, and Forgiveness»

St Cyprian of Carthage, on the Will of God

Saint Cyprian of Carthage offers this brief and clear text on what constitutes the will of God the Father. When I was in college taking a course in Patristic Latin, Father Placid O.Cist., often extolled the reserved beauty of St Cyprian’s Latin prose. His style reflects the “reserve in speaking» he mentions in the passageSigue leyendo «St Cyprian of Carthage, on the Will of God»