text “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.” Caddying at local private golf clubs was a way of life for many of my friends…
text “Developing an attitude of beatitude.” Standing in the express line (15 items or less) at one of the local…
text “To know Jesus means spending the rest of your life wondering what hit you.” Dorothy Day, a ferocious convert to Christianity, was no slouch when it came…
text “We can go home again.” Arriving back home in Minneapolis during a blizzard, I seriously wondered…
text "Receive what you are: the Body of Christ." At first, the nurse seemed reluctant to say anything about the condition of…
text "Did Jesus Have a Drinking Problem?" Jesus performed his first miracle (sign) in the Gospel of John (2:1-12) by…
text “Who witnessed your baptism?” Aside from the chilling baptismal scenes of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)…
text “Sorry, there is no room in the inn, but would you like to come in for a drink?” The Christmas pageant was in progress and Joseph, along with his wife Mary…
text "i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)" The final line of one of e.e.cummings’ “little poems” carries this beautiful…
text “Together we can do something wonderful.” “Please, Fr. Gillespie, come in. Mother Teresa has been expecting you.” It…
text “Dance, then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.” There is no record in the New Testament of Jesus ever dancing, so we might be…
text “At what time would you like your wake-up call?” The phone rang almost immediately when I entered my hotel room. Assuming the…
text “One day you finally knew what you had to do and began.” As the baby nestled comfortably in the arms of her mother, I began the…
text "Gotta Serve Somebody" When the album entitled “Slow Train Coming” was launched in 1979, one song…
text “In case of the Rapture, this car will be abandoned.” Due to the snowstorm, the trip back from Des Moines to Dubuque would take an…
text "It's good to be blessed, but it's better to be a blesing." Putting the finishing touches on the flowerpots in front of church, I was…
text "Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go." Listening to Nora Jones sing “Love Me Tender” triggered a memory of Elvis…
text “Be careful what you ask for.” Believing in miracles is risky business, especially if there is no physical…
text “And what does the Lord require of us? Only this: to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly On March 13, 2013, the newly elected Pope Francis moved into the Casa Santa…
text “Deficiency free is the way to be!” Waiting for the elevator door to close, I spotted a sign hanging on the wall:…
text "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go!" The newly ordained priest was interviewing a woman in her late eighties who…
text "Remember, where your treasure is, there your heart is also." At the intersection of West Lake Street and Blaisdell Avenue, a young man…
text "What good is it, my sisters and brothers, to profess faith without practicing it?" The waiter had just presented the bill when my cell phone rang. It was a call…
text Employees Must Wash Hands Before Leaving the Restroom The father of a ten-year-old boy became concerned when his son had not…
text “I always start my dreams before I fall asleep, and then they just continue.” While waiting to be seated for lunch, I overheard a young girl telling her…
