Count Your Blessings
John Looby, S.J. - 01 February 2010
There seemed to be only one snag to Christmas when I was young: you had to write thank-you letters to the relatives who gave you Christmas presents. Sometimes it was all the harder if you did not like the present of stockings some aunt had given you. My mother showed rare wisdom when she explained that the people who gave me presents did so because they really liked me and I was only acknowledging their love. Like all youngsters I liked being liked, and I wrote the letters with more grace, even if I felt sending me stockings was a curious way of showing they loved me!
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Dr. Eileen Kane - 01 February 2010
If ever you are in Rome, go to the church of the Gesù. Go in. Look up. See that the ceiling seems to have opened up to reveal the heavens, with the name of Jesus appearing ...
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Faith in the City
Bro. Kevin Crowley O.F.M. Cap - 01 February 2010
Following St. Francis as a Capuchin FranciscanBrother Kevin Crowley, O.F.M. Cap., who comes originally from West Cork, founded the Capuchin Day Centr ...
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