
Most of us would like to be more patient. It’s a virtue we feel the lack of in everything from standing in…
Most of us would like to be more patient. It’s a virtue we feel the lack of in everything from standing in…
I spent Friday and Saturday at a teaching conference in Baltimore. As usual, I bought too many books. One of them, Freedom…
My emotions have been pulled every which way during the last few days. Happiness in listening to things I agree with. Unhappiness listening…
The 56-year-old woman slumped over the arm of a wheelchair near the nursing home elevator was my mother, Sylvia, two weeks after…
St. Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), Doctor of the Church and Patron Saint of Italy, was a Lay Dominican and a towering political figure of…
Since Divine Mercy Sunday last week, I’ve been buzzing with a desire to receive more mercy, be more forgiving (of myself and others), and…
We are virtuous to the extent that we are patient. Patience is the acid test for maturity. St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)…
Omni-talented comedian, actor, and producer Whoopi Goldberg is interviewed in this month’s Vanity Fair magazine. Asked what living person she admires most,…
The French author Colette wrote, “I was changing — slowly if you like, but what the matter? To change is the great thing.”…
I took a walk today in the local park. A bearded man and his tee-shirted wife walked toward me in conversation. As…
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