There was a very lost, rebellious man who lived with his wife in a luxurious apartment. To some people he was a con artist. He cheated on his taxes and…
There was once a blind, poor and childless man who prayed every day that God would reverse his fate. One day God heard his fervent prayer. “I’ll give you only…
PEACE A dark hand touching a light hand,A young face looking into an old,All people working together,For a goal to be told. A stranger and stranger together,A foe and a…
In 1884 Grover Cleveland was running against James G. Blaine for the presidency of the United States. Blaine supporters discovered that Cleveland, who was a bachelor at the time, had…
We live in a hi-tech, fast paced, workaholic world where no one rests. We are constantly on the road, running errands, going places. We stuff ourselves with “fast food,” overbook our lives…
A group of the old classmates at their High School Class Reunion were reminiscing about things and persons they were grateful for. One man mentioned that he was particularly thankful…
In 1970 there was a book by Joseph Heller and then a movie entitled, “Catch 22.” The phrase “Catch 22” eventually became an often used expression for a situation that…
Girolamo Savonarola was one of the great preachers of the fifteenth century. He preached in the great Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, which contained a magnificent marble statue…
Pursuing and accumulating power as some form of adrenaline…..leads to self-destruction. Real power is love, love that empowers others, love that sparks initiatives, love that no chain can hold because…
A woman in the hospital was weeping after being told she was terminally ill with cancer. When a friend sought to console her she replied, “I’m not weeping because I’m…
Over the years I have forgotten so much of what my teachers and professors taught me. One of the things that any number of my professors in the seminary stressed…
WHO WILL YOU SEE IN HEAVEN? I was shocked, confused, bewilderedAs I entered Heaven’s door,Not by the beauty of it all,Nor the lights or its décor. But it was the…
In yesterday’s Gospel (Luke 7:11-19) Jesus cures 10 lepers. Only one of them, a Samaritan, returns to thank Jesus for being cured. Why did only one man cleansed from leprosy…
