I almost threw a punch in the checkout line last Tuesday. Not because I’m violent, but because at 74 years old, I finally woke up. My name is Frank. I’m…
Truth! Boy, at all times tell the truth,Let no lie defile thy mouth;If thou art wrong, be still the same —Speak the truth and bear the blame. Truth is honest,…
TO HAVE A GREAT DAY…..DO THE FOLLOWING….. In moments of stress and anxiety I will remain calm and peaceful. I will not react to what is being said or happening.…
One year ago on April 21, 2025, the Easter peals of Saint Peter’s were tolling when word came that Pope Francis was dead, struck down in the early morning hours…
My parents were married for fifty-five years. One morning, my mother went downstairs to make breakfast for my father, just like she had done for most of her life. Before…
The Boy Who Cried Wolf! A shepherd boy watched flocks on hills so wide,With endless hours and no one by his side.The silence pressed upon his restless mind,Till mischief came,…
May 1st is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, established by the Catholic Church in 1955. In 1889, May 1st was chosen as the date for International Workers’ Day…
At 24, she was Hollywood royalty. Then she disappeared into a monastery and never came back. It was 1957. A 19-year-old woman steps onto a soundstage for her first film…
Healing is a mystery. We don’t understand it. All we can do is to prepare our bodies to receive it. That’s what doctors do. They do it with surgery, with…
The famous anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was once asked this question: What was the earliest sign of civilization in any given culture? The reporter expected the answer to be a…
“I saw the cross on his collar, and I broke down in tears.” That’s what Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman said after returning from one of the most intense experiences…
In today’s Gospel (John 10:1-10) Jesus presents himself as the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd calls his sheep by name. He leads them. This shows us that Jesus knows each…
A young girl is eating dinner at a friend’s house. Her friend’s mother asks if she likes brussels sprouts. “Yes, of course,” the girl replied. “I like brussels sprouts.” After…
There’s something sleeping inside usDown in the soil of our chestsIts pulse hides behind our pulseIts breath behind our breath. When the world is grim, it awakensAnd grows to fill…
There once was a young woman who had a baby boy. Just after her son’s baptism, a ragged old man came to her, and offered to grant her one wish on behalf…
