On this Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time in the year 2013, the Church invites us to acknowledge and celebrate those who have been living the Sacrament of Marriage. February 10th is World Marriage Day. As such, I wish to extend my congratulations and...
Many people have heard of something called “The Peter Principle”: the concept that, in the business world, people tend to rise to their level of incompetence. In other words, when people prove themselves capable of doing a certain job well, they’re...
Chutzpah is a Yiddish word for which there is no English equivalent. The dictionary definition is “shameless audacity or impudence.” But Leo Rosten’s illustrative definition is more interesting. Chutzpah, he suggests, is “ that quality enshrined in...
Simon Peter was a fisherman. It was his livelihood. He wasn’t a sport fisherman, fishing simply because he liked to fish. His life depended upon his skill and his talents in catching fish. So did the security and happiness of his family. Not only...
A boy walking to school one morning came upon an irresistible temptation: a freshly poured section of cement in the sidewalk. The boy bent down and began writing his name with his finger—just as the construction worker who had poured the cement...
Yes, I would say it is. Sad but more Americans drink beer, eat pizza, eat wings and enjoy the hype of the Super Bowl than celebrate the Birth of Christ. Christmas, it appears, is just an old Christian holiday that celebrates the end of the shopping...
Did you know that more songs have been written about love than about any other topic? But it is equally true that long before Thomas Alva Edison’s invention of the phonograph allowed us to record songs of love, love has been on our minds. And...
The “Har-bowl” is upon us. Never in Super Bowl history have two brothers squared off Super Sunday. The brothers Harbaugh will be on opposite sides of the New Orleans Superdome turf this Sunday in what shapes up as a terrific matchup in Super Bowl...
