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EASTER REFLECTIONS
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A LONG ROAD
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Proclaiming the Good News to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston since 1964
APRIL 11, 2023
EASTER 2023
VOL. 59, NO. 20
‘THE NIGHT SHALL BE AS BRIGHT AS DAY’
We are made luminous BY DANIEL CARDINAL DINARDO Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
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his Lent, we have been celebrating the life-giving words of Jesus Christ as he offers the Samaritan woman at the well and us His life-giving water, which genuinely quenches our thirst for meaning. This Lent, we have been celebrating the light-giving words of the Son of God as He cures the blindness of the man born blind and us of spiritual darkness and makes us luminous. This Lent, we have been celebrating the miracle-giving words of the Lamb of God as He raises Lazarus and us from the sleep of sin and death
A SHEPHERD’S MESSAGE
PHOTO BY PASCAL DELOCHE/GODONG
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An Orthodox icon of the Anastasis, or the Resurrection of Christ, is seen in a monastery in Saint-Laurent-en-Royans, France. Jesus is shown wrapped in white cloth, descending into hell to raise up Adam, at left, and Eve, at right. from their graves. Jesus is also shown gazing out towards viewers while trampling over locks, keys and other metalworks that chain souls to hell.
MINISTRIES
Healing Texas and beyond: New Baylor St. Luke’s hospital tower blessed BY JO ANN ZUÑIGA Texas Catholic Herald HOUSTON — Blessing a new 12-story medical tower on March 28 at the Baylor St. Luke’s McNair Campus in the Texas Medical Center touched a personal heartstring with Galveston-Houston Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell’Oro, CRS. Before sprinkling the new O’Quinn Medical Tower with holy water with an attending crowd of about 150 doctors, nurses, chaplains, and other supporters present, Bishop Dell’Oro shared a letter written by heart surgeon pioneer Dr. Denton Cooley. The famous physician was writing about the bishop’s cousin from his hometown in Italy who had undergone cardiac surgery in 1982 at St. Luke’s, Houston’s Catholic hospital. “Cardiac catheterization performed See HOSPITAL, page 6
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Faith, action shine at Advocacy Day in Austin BY JAMES RAMOS Texas Catholic Herald AUSTIN — An estimated 2,500 Catholics, including Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, brought prayer and faithful citizenship to the Texas State Capitol in Austin on March 28 for the biannual Texas Catholic Advocacy Day. Ahead of the crowded rally on the southern steps of the State Capitol, Cardinal DiNardo led the invocation for the Texas State Senate, with several other Texas bishops attending. In his prayer, Cardinal DiNardo thanked the God of “justice and mercy” for the “gift of life,” and asked for God’s blessing upon all the members of the legislature, including judges, elected officials and others who “guard our political welfare.” With Catholic school students, clergy, consecrated men and women religious, parishioners and lay faithful joining him in prayer above in the
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Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, at left at lectern, leads the invocation prayer for the Texas State Senate session on March 28 during Texas Catholic Advocacy Day at the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
Senate gallery, Cardinal DiNardo also prayed for the “humility to better listen to You and to one another, seeking to hear and not just be heard” and “to act boldly in the pursuit of justice and integrity, and to promote them and
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protect the fullness of human dignity.” He closed his invocation with a reminder of being “generous and dedicated” in service towards the See ADVOCACY, page 5
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