“… Oh, to go back to the comforts of the past — pre-pandemic, To breathe freely, sans the mask… Back to the touchy feely hum of life Never again will…

The case for assimilation “Immigration without assimilation is nothing more than invasion.” Without assimilation by every immigrant to its adoptive country through the generations, no nation can retain the structural…

“All God’s angels come to us disguised.” – James Russell Lowell (Continued from last week…) An angel is an invisible presence that must be acknowledged to become ever stronger. God…

“I think we all do have a guardian angel. I believe they work through us all the time, when we are thoughtful and good and kind to each other.” —Roma…

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” — From Frank Capra’s film It’s a Wonderful Life” (Continued from last week …) The belief in the presence and…

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly father.”…

“I build my house of stone. I build my house of bricks. I’ve had no chance to sing and dance. ‘Cause work and play don’t mix.” — Practical Pig (THIS…

(Part 1 of 3) Remember the story of the three little pigs? Everyone does. But we relegate the story to children’s lit and condescendingly forget that these cute little porkers…

“I am a woman’s advocate. I stand against abortion.” —Abby Johnson ABBY Johnson is a woman through whose eyes the 2019 movie about abortion from her book, “Unplanned” is based….

“Don’t look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack.” —John C. Bogle Founder, Vanguard YEARS ago, I was searching for something to place a small amount of…

“I owe, I owe. So off to work I go.” -Car bumper sticker WHEN we buy stuff, we think we own it. The truth is the stuff owns us. If…

“… Oh, to go back to the comforts of the past, pre- pandemic, To breathe freely, sans the mask… Back to the touchy feely hum of life Never again will…

“… Oh, to go back to the comforts of the past, pre- pandemic, To breathe freely, sans the mask… Back to the touchy feely hum of life Never again will…

“But take heart. This too, shall pass. God is in heaven. All is right with the world.” THE world seems to be at a standstill these days. Blame it on…

16th of a series “You can’t bring a U-Haul truck with you when you go to that wide blue yonder.” — Unknown BEFORE you begin checking off the fun, carefree…

“Kind people are the best kind of people.” WHAT does it cost to be kind to others? We often think that being kind costs us something — whether it is…

“Be present. It is the only thing that matters.” — Ways of the Peaceful Warrior I NEARLY had a vehicular accident three years ago. Operative word: Nearly. I was minding…

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin AT a breakfast after mass at the Holy Family…

“… And now faith, hope and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is LOVE.” THIS Holy Week when the churches are empty because of mandatory shelter-in-place isolation…

“THIS CRISIS however, like everything else in the course of human history, SHALL COME TO PASS.” THIS coronavirus crisis seems to come out of nowhere but it didn’t. Like any…

“… And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” — Ascribed to Friedrich Nietzsche CARE to dance? Most people…

“… As within, so without…” — Hermes Trismegistus WHILE appearances may deceive, more often than not, what you are is reflected on the outside. Becoming your own style icon does…

“Sister, do you speak Italian? Can I talk to you? I am very angry with God.” I turned my  head and it was  a beautiful lady, elegantly  dressed. I thought,…

“When you clear your mechanism and tune out the noise that invades your being, you may come to a rare state of grace — that state when you are thoroughly…

“Broken hearts? Broken relationships? The solution is always the same. FORGIVE. Forgive as you have been forgiven. And while you’re at it FORGET.”  THINGS break. Once broken, a thing loses…

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”   — Marcel Proust LIFE is, indeed, “a moveable feast” to borrow verbiage from Hemingway….

“Food is a way of making  a connection with others and making memories.” YOUR personal bucket list should be doable. Select a handful of those things that have the highest…

(Conclusion of 3 Parts) Edmund Burke once wrote, Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” I would like to add, “One must learn from it as well….

Visit Auschwitz and swear never to take your life for granted (Continued from the previous week…) January 27, 2020 this week marks the 75th year Auschwitz was liberated from Nazi …

Edmund Burke once wrote, “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” I would like to add, “One must learn from it as well. Otherwise, the whole cycle…