Twilight in Tyler
When the Cathedral bells swung five minutes before Mass last weekend, they seemed to know. The Ave sung with the Rosary was so mournful, you’d think someone had died. A light went out in Tyler on Saturday. The seat of the bishop is empty; the coat of arms will be...
Pilgrimage on the Katy
Finding a treasure in emptiness – A pilgrimage is a journey of spiritual significance, often to a shrine or religious place. But the destination is not what makes it a pilgrimage. I could schedule a trip to Lourdes to enjoy some French cuisine and pick up a load...
Sentimentalists Go to Rome
OPINION – When I was growing up, there was a woman in our parish who became a staple in our family folklore: Joan Langley (name changed). She became an icon of all things showy and sentimental. We would say, “Don’t be such a Joan Langley,” or call something...
Our Particularly American Civil War
OPINION – Why is the Civil War the most interesting period in American history? Why has a book like Gone With The Wind been translated into dozens of languages around the world (including Korean, where it comes already loaded onto new tablets)? Why are Civil...
Sound of Freedom: See the Children
OPINION – No one wants to see child trafficking. We have a duty to acknowledge it, but one imagines that looking too closely might deliver a blow to our psyches from which we couldn’t recover. Go see Sound of Freedom anyway. It’s a grand adventure, spanning...
Never Go to the Second Location
OPINION – A maxim of self-defense, especially for women, is to never allow an attacker to take you to a second location. It’s better to go down fighting on the street, in the parking lot, at the door, than to be transported to a second location where the...
Nefarious Is…
OPINION – When the preview for Nefarious was run last month before a Christian movie, I wondered why anyone would advertise a horror movie to an obviously religious crowd who would never pay to see such a thing. Inefficient marketing, I thought. The movie...
The Jesus Revolution Remembered
OPINION – The depth test of any movie is how long it takes up residence in your mind afterward. Three days later, The Jesus Revolution is still rattling around in my brainpan, so it passes the test. I just wonder why I didn’t like it more. It had all the...
