A meteorologist on TV had a terrible record of forecasting what the weather would be. He became a local joke when the local bloggers began keeping a record of his…
THE LOSS OF SOMEONE DEAR Imagine the loss of someone dear, A heart in pain, filled with fear. Hurt so deep, it’s all you see, You go to pray, seeking to be free.…
Today is All Saints Day, a day when you and I will be remembered – hopefully for our goodness that we brought everyday into the lives of others! I’ve celebrated…
REMOVE YOUR DISGUISE Be brave enough to remove your disguise,To see who you are beneath your eyes.Embrace your flaws, they make you real, They show the world how deeply you feel. …
I remember my older brother Tom, who I often disagreed with, said to me one day, “Do you know why God put me in your life?…To teach YOU patience!” Truer words were…
I grew up on the North side of the city of Chicago. I attended St. Peter Canisius Grammar School. The nuns who taught there encouraged us to stop in the…
There was a blind, poor and childless beggar who prayed every day that God would reverse his fate. “Dear God, have pity on me!” he prayed. One day God heard his fervent…
There is a Roman aqueduct at Segovia, Spain. It was built in 109 A.D. For eighteen hundred years, it carried cool water from the mountains to the hot and thirsty…
The King and Queen of Sweden attended the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. When they tried to get into an ice hockey game featuring the Swedish…