Thanksgiving is all about family and tradition. Even though we are now a “fast-food” nation and a “take-out” culture, Thanksgiving is the one day when we remember old recipes and…

When the Pilgrims celebrated that first Thanksgiving in 1621, they had almost nothing. And yet they celebrated as if they had everything. Most of us Americans have more to be…

Every Thanksgiving gathering includes family members and others we cannot wait “To EMBRACE,” and some we have “To BRACE FOR”. This is especially true today with the political and COVID-19 divide that…

There were some people who were on a raft off the coast of Brazil. They were perishing from thirst, for as you know, ocean water is undrinkable.  What they did…

John Bowes, the chairman of the parent company of Wham-O, the maker of Frisbees, once participated in a charity effort.  He sent thousands of the plastic flying discs to an…

There was a man who was a Dog Whisperer, a Greyhound Whisperer, to be exact.  As you know, greyhounds line up on a racetrack with all the other greyhounds. A…

There was a skinny, scrawny Black youngster who one day heard a coach say, "You can be whatever you make up your mind to be. God will help you."  Afterwards…

Do you know how the great composer Tchaikovsky died?  According to one reliable source, the end of Tchaikovsky's life is said to have occurred four days after one of his symphonies…

Girolamo Savonarola was one of the great preachers of the fifteenth century. He preached in the great cathedral of Florence, Italy, which contained a magnificent marble statue of the Blessed…

Over the years I have forgotten so much of what my teachers and professors taught me. One of the things that any number of my professors in the seminary stressed…