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We cannot choose our family members, but we can choose our friends. We often tell our close friends things we don’t share with our family members. When we are on…
We cannot choose our family members, but we can choose our friends. We often tell our close friends things we don’t share with our family members. When we are on…
One day I was visiting some friends of mine who have a little daughter named Claire. I was not at their home very long when Claire took me to her…
One day when I was sitting down at the beach, I was watching a little boy and a little girl playing in the sand. They were hard at work building…
Pat Kenny is a friend of mine who was a golf pro at a country club for many years. After Pat had been retired for several years I asked him…
I have known Fr. John Powell, S.J. since I was a teenager. His books have sold millions of copies and he gave talks all over the world for years before…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…