Once there was a British story named Tom Brown’s School Days; it was about a very popular boy named Tom who was a student at an English boarding school. He and a dozen other boys lived in one of...
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. (Matthew 11:29) How can Jesus’ “yoke,” (i.e. his challenging teachings) be construed as “easy” and its burden “light?” Jesus’ yoke is...
One summer morning a farmer named Ned was helping his neighbor Willy build a new fence, but the work was going slowly. Finally, Ned deliberately dropped a fence post in a muddy puddle of water, splattering both men with mud. Ned’s wife happened to...
During my recent visit to France, I received God’s grace of going deeper and deeper into one of the greatest opponents of Jansenism: St Francis de Sales (1567-1622). Why was this so? In order to understand the singular...
Already bruised by the skirmishes of life, we grown-ups let kids take refuge in a world of dreams, make-believes and incredible feats made easy by super-heroes. We do not want them to be scarred and traumatized by an...
Democratic New York Governor Alfred Smith was the very first Catholic to run for president, having secured his party’s nomination in 1928. Despite losing to Republican Herbert Hoover, Smith won the largest metropolitan...
When I give conferences and lead retreats in my line of work, I look for the right thoughts that will give people something worthwhile to consider. As Lent begins I want to offer some insights I have gleaned from my ten...
There is a story of a farmer who lost his watch in his barn. As it had sentimental value, he searched high-and-low among the bales of hay. Eventually, however, he gave up and decided to enlist the help of a group of...
In life, for something to be truly worthwhile, it has to fulfill its goal. If that does not occur then its existence is put to question. Even you and I were created to fulfil our purpose. What is our aim? Why do we...
Usually, it is kids who do exactly the opposite of what they are told to do. They must do it out of spite, I guess, and it is unnerving and frustrating their parents and teachers. However, if it is adults who act out of...
In Eleanor H. Porter’s 1913 novel, an orphan named Pollyanna takes center stage. With an unjustifiably optimistic attitude, this young lady’s name has come to describe a certain type of individual; namely...
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