Amigo de Frodo
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Daniel E. Flores, Obispo católico, Brownsville, Texas
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Ps 16,5
Dóminus pars hereditátis meæ et cálicis mei:
tu es qui détines sortem meam.
Dóminus pars hereditátis meæ et cálicis mei:
tu es qui détines sortem meam.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Ps 16,5
Dóminus pars hereditátis meæ et cálicis mei:
tu es qui détines sortem meam.
Dóminus pars hereditátis meæ et cálicis mei:
tu es qui détines sortem meam.
Mass today at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Starts the meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Your prayers are always needed and greatly appreciated.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Mass today at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Starts the meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Your prayers are always needed and greatly appreciated.
Took the picture inside the Basilica before the Holy Father’s Mass started.
Lots of people at the noontime Angelus.
All my prayers for the folks back home. 🙏🏼
Lots of people at the noontime Angelus.
All my prayers for the folks back home. 🙏🏼
October 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Took the picture inside the Basilica before the Holy Father’s Mass started.
Lots of people at the noontime Angelus.
All my prayers for the folks back home. 🙏🏼
Lots of people at the noontime Angelus.
All my prayers for the folks back home. 🙏🏼
At the Paul 6 Hall the US bishops attending the Jubilee for Synodal teams. Sunday morning all the bishops and delegations will participate in the Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV in St Peter’s Basilica.
October 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
At the Paul 6 Hall the US bishops attending the Jubilee for Synodal teams. Sunday morning all the bishops and delegations will participate in the Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV in St Peter’s Basilica.
The pilgrims for the Jubilee of synodal teams passed through the Holy Door this morning, and went into St Peter’s Basilica. Prayers for the Holy Father’s intention.
October 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The pilgrims for the Jubilee of synodal teams passed through the Holy Door this morning, and went into St Peter’s Basilica. Prayers for the Holy Father’s intention.
In Rome.
Jubilee for Synodal teams. Here with Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt, Hartford, and Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernandez, Rockville Center.
The Holy Father will spend some time with participants this afternoon at the Aula Paulo Sexto.
Jubilee for Synodal teams. Here with Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt, Hartford, and Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernandez, Rockville Center.
The Holy Father will spend some time with participants this afternoon at the Aula Paulo Sexto.
October 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
In Rome.
Jubilee for Synodal teams. Here with Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt, Hartford, and Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernandez, Rockville Center.
The Holy Father will spend some time with participants this afternoon at the Aula Paulo Sexto.
Jubilee for Synodal teams. Here with Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt, Hartford, and Bishop Luis Miguel Romero Fernandez, Rockville Center.
The Holy Father will spend some time with participants this afternoon at the Aula Paulo Sexto.
This weekend I have been at the Benedictine Monastery of the Good Shepherd near Rio Grande City giving a few conferences to the Benedictine Oblates in the Diocese. Sister Nancy OSB received the Oblates as they renewed their commitment to the Benedictine Oblate way of life.
October 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This weekend I have been at the Benedictine Monastery of the Good Shepherd near Rio Grande City giving a few conferences to the Benedictine Oblates in the Diocese. Sister Nancy OSB received the Oblates as they renewed their commitment to the Benedictine Oblate way of life.
Quite the sentence:
“Gregory of Nyssa’s apophaticism is a semantic apophaticism, but not a syntactic apophaticism, because it is the relational dimension that becomes the path to the knowledge of truth, at the created level and in the relationship with the Creator.”
-G Maspero
“Gregory of Nyssa’s apophaticism is a semantic apophaticism, but not a syntactic apophaticism, because it is the relational dimension that becomes the path to the knowledge of truth, at the created level and in the relationship with the Creator.”
-G Maspero
October 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Quite the sentence:
“Gregory of Nyssa’s apophaticism is a semantic apophaticism, but not a syntactic apophaticism, because it is the relational dimension that becomes the path to the knowledge of truth, at the created level and in the relationship with the Creator.”
-G Maspero
“Gregory of Nyssa’s apophaticism is a semantic apophaticism, but not a syntactic apophaticism, because it is the relational dimension that becomes the path to the knowledge of truth, at the created level and in the relationship with the Creator.”
-G Maspero
A brief reflection I gave to the assembled on the topic. Mostly in Spanish, intermittent English.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A brief reflection I gave to the assembled on the topic. Mostly in Spanish, intermittent English.
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Caminata a favor de la vida hoy en Brownsville. Siempre caminamos con la Virgen.
This is the time to pray for and cultivate a resurrection of conscience in our communities, by helping expectant mothers who feel scared and alone, by feeding the hungry, by caring for our elderly,…
This is the time to pray for and cultivate a resurrection of conscience in our communities, by helping expectant mothers who feel scared and alone, by feeding the hungry, by caring for our elderly,…
October 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Caminata a favor de la vida hoy en Brownsville. Siempre caminamos con la Virgen.
This is the time to pray for and cultivate a resurrection of conscience in our communities, by helping expectant mothers who feel scared and alone, by feeding the hungry, by caring for our elderly,…
This is the time to pray for and cultivate a resurrection of conscience in our communities, by helping expectant mothers who feel scared and alone, by feeding the hungry, by caring for our elderly,…
Gregory of Nyssa, Oratio 29 (De Filio), 5,7–8, quoted in Maspero’s
“The Cappadocian Reshaping of Metaphysics”
“…we leave and we are left,
in such a way that only the relations (σχέσεις) orphaned of the realities remain.”
A poignant line I’ll think about for a long while.
“The Cappadocian Reshaping of Metaphysics”
“…we leave and we are left,
in such a way that only the relations (σχέσεις) orphaned of the realities remain.”
A poignant line I’ll think about for a long while.
October 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Gregory of Nyssa, Oratio 29 (De Filio), 5,7–8, quoted in Maspero’s
“The Cappadocian Reshaping of Metaphysics”
“…we leave and we are left,
in such a way that only the relations (σχέσεις) orphaned of the realities remain.”
A poignant line I’ll think about for a long while.
“The Cappadocian Reshaping of Metaphysics”
“…we leave and we are left,
in such a way that only the relations (σχέσεις) orphaned of the realities remain.”
A poignant line I’ll think about for a long while.
They are sweet dogs. They tend to fast lightly while I’m away. But make up for it when I return.
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
They are sweet dogs. They tend to fast lightly while I’m away. But make up for it when I return.
By leave of +Daniel E Garcia, Bishop of Austin, I am giving a couple of days worth of conferences to the priests of the diocese. It’s been great to see many old friends, former students. The theme of the days is “shepherding in distracting times”.
Pray for your priests.
Pray for your priests.
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
By leave of +Daniel E Garcia, Bishop of Austin, I am giving a couple of days worth of conferences to the priests of the diocese. It’s been great to see many old friends, former students. The theme of the days is “shepherding in distracting times”.
Pray for your priests.
Pray for your priests.
The audio of this story is enchanting, and the written prose beautifully crafted, which is dangerous, of course, because like all enchantments, it can take you where you might not want to go.
I emerged from it unscathed.
I emerged from it unscathed.
October 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The audio of this story is enchanting, and the written prose beautifully crafted, which is dangerous, of course, because like all enchantments, it can take you where you might not want to go.
I emerged from it unscathed.
I emerged from it unscathed.
Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady for St Francis Day.
Pilgrims from St Paul the Apostle and St Therese the Little Flower parishes in Corpus Christi were present.
I made my First Communion at St Paul’s, and grew up in that parish til I entered the seminary. I am very grateful to that community.
Pilgrims from St Paul the Apostle and St Therese the Little Flower parishes in Corpus Christi were present.
I made my First Communion at St Paul’s, and grew up in that parish til I entered the seminary. I am very grateful to that community.
October 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady for St Francis Day.
Pilgrims from St Paul the Apostle and St Therese the Little Flower parishes in Corpus Christi were present.
I made my First Communion at St Paul’s, and grew up in that parish til I entered the seminary. I am very grateful to that community.
Pilgrims from St Paul the Apostle and St Therese the Little Flower parishes in Corpus Christi were present.
I made my First Communion at St Paul’s, and grew up in that parish til I entered the seminary. I am very grateful to that community.
She is very close to him. We know this.
October 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
She is very close to him. We know this.
La Charité est la voie excellente qui conduit sûrement à Dieu.
October 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
La Charité est la voie excellente qui conduit sûrement à Dieu.
Juan de Ávila (Audi Filia)
Muy poco aprovecha que suene la voz de la verdad divina en lo de fuera, si no hay orejas que la quieran oír en lo de dentro.
“It is little help that the voice of divine truth sounds outside of us, if there are no ears that want to hear on the inside.”
Muy poco aprovecha que suene la voz de la verdad divina en lo de fuera, si no hay orejas que la quieran oír en lo de dentro.
“It is little help that the voice of divine truth sounds outside of us, if there are no ears that want to hear on the inside.”
September 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Juan de Ávila (Audi Filia)
Muy poco aprovecha que suene la voz de la verdad divina en lo de fuera, si no hay orejas que la quieran oír en lo de dentro.
“It is little help that the voice of divine truth sounds outside of us, if there are no ears that want to hear on the inside.”
Muy poco aprovecha que suene la voz de la verdad divina en lo de fuera, si no hay orejas que la quieran oír en lo de dentro.
“It is little help that the voice of divine truth sounds outside of us, if there are no ears that want to hear on the inside.”
Mística Rosa de intocados pétalos,
límpido cielo de infinitas lámparas,
Musa celeste del Amor-Artífice,
alba del alba.
…
Como después del angustiado vuelo
el trino posa en la mecida rama,
regreso a ti - mi resplandor en ruinas -:
tú eres mi casa.
(De un Himno del Breviario)
límpido cielo de infinitas lámparas,
Musa celeste del Amor-Artífice,
alba del alba.
…
Como después del angustiado vuelo
el trino posa en la mecida rama,
regreso a ti - mi resplandor en ruinas -:
tú eres mi casa.
(De un Himno del Breviario)
September 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Mística Rosa de intocados pétalos,
límpido cielo de infinitas lámparas,
Musa celeste del Amor-Artífice,
alba del alba.
…
Como después del angustiado vuelo
el trino posa en la mecida rama,
regreso a ti - mi resplandor en ruinas -:
tú eres mi casa.
(De un Himno del Breviario)
límpido cielo de infinitas lámparas,
Musa celeste del Amor-Artífice,
alba del alba.
…
Como después del angustiado vuelo
el trino posa en la mecida rama,
regreso a ti - mi resplandor en ruinas -:
tú eres mi casa.
(De un Himno del Breviario)
Diocesan Catechetical Convocation at the McAllen Convention Center today.
We witness to Hope when we live and serve out of the generous goodness of Christ given to us in the Spirit; when we care for the hurting ones, not just when it is convenient, but especially when it is not.
We witness to Hope when we live and serve out of the generous goodness of Christ given to us in the Spirit; when we care for the hurting ones, not just when it is convenient, but especially when it is not.
September 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Diocesan Catechetical Convocation at the McAllen Convention Center today.
We witness to Hope when we live and serve out of the generous goodness of Christ given to us in the Spirit; when we care for the hurting ones, not just when it is convenient, but especially when it is not.
We witness to Hope when we live and serve out of the generous goodness of Christ given to us in the Spirit; when we care for the hurting ones, not just when it is convenient, but especially when it is not.
I don’t think Curiosa and Tranquila Briosa missed me at all. Not with rain and puddles and frogs to chase.
September 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I don’t think Curiosa and Tranquila Briosa missed me at all. Not with rain and puddles and frogs to chase.
better than St Augustine’s Latin rhetoric?” I knew what it would tell me. I just don’t completely agree. But then, I don’t think it’s helpful for me to argue with the machine.
It was a great presentation.
It does matter how you ask the question.
It was a great presentation.
It does matter how you ask the question.
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
better than St Augustine’s Latin rhetoric?” I knew what it would tell me. I just don’t completely agree. But then, I don’t think it’s helpful for me to argue with the machine.
It was a great presentation.
It does matter how you ask the question.
It was a great presentation.
It does matter how you ask the question.
Today at the Catholic Extension Mission Bishops Conference, Dr Mario Garcia from the Columbia School of Journalism spoke to us about AI.
We had a test run on asking the machine a question. I deliberately asked a qualitative question:
“Is St Leo the Great’s Latin rhetoric…
We had a test run on asking the machine a question. I deliberately asked a qualitative question:
“Is St Leo the Great’s Latin rhetoric…
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Today at the Catholic Extension Mission Bishops Conference, Dr Mario Garcia from the Columbia School of Journalism spoke to us about AI.
We had a test run on asking the machine a question. I deliberately asked a qualitative question:
“Is St Leo the Great’s Latin rhetoric…
We had a test run on asking the machine a question. I deliberately asked a qualitative question:
“Is St Leo the Great’s Latin rhetoric…
«… pues si realmente deseamos extender el conocimiento de la verdad, lo haremos con más eficacia y con más pureza manteniéndonos juntos que dando testimonio cada uno por su cuenta.»
-JH Newman, Sermón 12, 1831
-JH Newman, Sermón 12, 1831
September 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
«… pues si realmente deseamos extender el conocimiento de la verdad, lo haremos con más eficacia y con más pureza manteniéndonos juntos que dando testimonio cada uno por su cuenta.»
-JH Newman, Sermón 12, 1831
-JH Newman, Sermón 12, 1831
«Retirado en la paz de estos desiertos,
con pocos pero doctos libros juntos,
vivo en conversación con los difuntos
y escucho con mis ojos a los muertos.»
-Quevedo,
cited by Juan Gabriel Vásquez in “La traducción del mundo”.
con pocos pero doctos libros juntos,
vivo en conversación con los difuntos
y escucho con mis ojos a los muertos.»
-Quevedo,
cited by Juan Gabriel Vásquez in “La traducción del mundo”.
September 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
«Retirado en la paz de estos desiertos,
con pocos pero doctos libros juntos,
vivo en conversación con los difuntos
y escucho con mis ojos a los muertos.»
-Quevedo,
cited by Juan Gabriel Vásquez in “La traducción del mundo”.
con pocos pero doctos libros juntos,
vivo en conversación con los difuntos
y escucho con mis ojos a los muertos.»
-Quevedo,
cited by Juan Gabriel Vásquez in “La traducción del mundo”.