WHAT DO YOU THINK OF GOD?
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…
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…
Late one afternoon I was walking out of my parish church in Chicago. I was chagrined to see a forlorn-looking man coming toward me. He was a drifter. I’m sure…
By midlife, many of us have become accomplished fugitives from our true selves. We try to fit into the lifestyles of those around us. Maybe we become clones to what…
Jackie Robinson was the first Afro-American to play major league baseball. Robinson had to face jeering fans in every stadium he played in because of the color of his…
In August, 2000 I took the bath at the Shrine in Lourdes, France. I had been suffering from severe sciatic pain in my right leg for over 3 years. Three…
I recently stopped by to visit a woman who had invited me to stop and see her. We were talking when her husband came home. She told him that someone…
I remember the Peanuts cartoon where Lucy is chasing Charlie Brown. She is shaking her fist at him and screaming: “I’ll get you Charlie Brown. I’ll get you. And when…