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 –…
“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 –…
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…
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…
When we see the letters WWJD most people know that those letters stand for: What Would Jesus Do? Many of us ask ourselves that question when we are faced with…
Jesus in the Beatitudes says, “Blessed at the peace-makers for they will be called children of God” (Matt. 5:9). When Jesus says this he is turning your world and mine…
Each one of us has our own perception of what God is like and how God should act in various situations. Look at what happens when we are sick. We…
I remember my older brother Tom who I often disagree with saying to me one day, “Do you know why God put me in your life?...To teach you patience!”…
Last summer a father I know promised to take his son Billy to Six Flags to enjoy the rides together. With his work schedule they planned the day a…
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…