Just Shut Up!
One evening many years ago I was having dinner by myself in the rectory where I lived in Chicago. All the other priests were out. Amelia, our cook still came…
WE DON’T HAVE MUCH, BUT…….
During one summer while I was in the college seminary I worked on the line packing books for Harcourt, Brace & World. Jimmy Jones worked next to me and he…
The Soul of an Uber Driver
Today is All Souls Day, a day when Christians remember and pray for family members and friends who have died. Not everyone who dies goes straight to heaven. There may…
How’s Your Halo Doing?
Today is All Saints’ Day. On this day, we give thanks for all those who have belonged to God, not as plaster saints, but as men and women of flesh…
Trick or Treat
Today being Halloween, it’s a day to wear a mask and to say: “Trick or Treat!” Sad to say, many of us wear some sort of masks all year long….my…
A Lively Sinner or a Dull Saint?
“Better to be a lively sinner than a dull saint!” This was a famous quote of Eugene Kennedy, the psychotherapist, teacher and author. Who would we rather be around –…
ARE WE IN THIS TOGETHER?
Mother Teresa heard of a family in India whose nine members were starving to death. She hurriedly obtained some rice and went to the family, giving them enough rice to…
MOTHER TERESA – CHARLES MANSON
In January of 2002 Mike Tyson applied for a boxing license to fight in the State of Nevada. At the hearing he argued: “I’m not Mother Teresa, but I’m not…