01 Feb Power To Fly Author Unknown Ultimately we have the power to decide what we believe about ourselves. Don’t allow people to impose limitations on what you can do or whom you can become. Take, for instance, the humble bumble bee. Biologists have determined that, aerodynamically speaking, the bumble bee cannot fly. It has [...]
31 Jan – Memorial for St. John Bosco, priest St. John Bosco (1815-1888) was the son of Venerable Margaret Bosco. His father died when he was just two years old, and as soon as he was old enough to do odd jobs, he did so for extra money for his family. Bosco would go to [...]
30 Jan Takes Toil To Bloom by Dorman Winger One hot summer afternoon a woman was working strenuously, weeding her flower beds and pruning the plants. The flowers were especially magnificent. A passerby asked, “I really like those flowers – do you?” As she wiped perspiration from her face with a dirty hand, the woman’s [...]
29 Jan Prayer for Tongue Control Author Unknown O Lord, keep me from getting talkative. And particularly from the fatal habit that I must say something on every subject at every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everybody’s affairs. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to [...]
28 Jan – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Church As The Prophet Of God We are privileged to be called by God to be his prophets: to take his words on our lips and proclaim them to the world. But the gift of prophecy is of no avail without the gift of love: a [...]
27 Jan – Memorial for St. Angela Merici, virgin If according to times and needs you should be obliged to make fresh rules and change current things, do it with prudence and good advice. – Saint Angela Merici St. Angela Merici (1474-1540) became a Franciscan tertiary at the age of 15. She received a vision [...]
26 Jan – Memorial for Sts. Timothy and Titus, bishops Timothy’s father was a Greek gentile, his mother Eunice was Jewish. He was converted to Christianity by St. Paul around the year 47. He was a partner, assistant and close friend of Paul. He was a missionary as well, and became head of the Church [...]
25 Jan – Feast of the Conversion of Paul, apostle St. Paul (3-65) was a Jewish Talmudic student and a Pharisee. He was a tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of St. Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus to arrest another group [...]
23 Jan High Wind, Big Thunder, No Rain! Author Unknown A Native American attended a Sunday morning worship service. The sermon contained very little in the way of spiritual food and had been delivered in rather loud tones. The Native American was a faithful Christian, but was not impressed with the preaching. On the way [...]
22 Jan – Memorial for St. Vincent, deacon, martyr There seems to be many St. Vincents that have today as their day of memorial. I think the one that we are supposed to remember in the liturgical calendar is St. Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304). He was a friend of St. Valerius of Saragossa in [...]
