The King and the Painter Let me tell you this story: There was a King who had one eye and one leg.. He wanted a beautiful portrait of him to be made. He asked all the painters to draw a beautiful portrait of him. But none of them could — how could they paint him…
Read MoreNo Matter Who You Are, Always Delay Judgment A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: “my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?” The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then she…
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Change the Battle Ground The Eagle does not fight the snake on the ground. It picks it up into the sky and changes the battle ground, and then it releases the snake into the sky. The snake has no stamina, no power and no balance in the air. It is useless, weak and vulnerable unlike…
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I want to share with you, on this feast of St. Jerome, some interesting statistics about Bible reading gathered from a survey conducted among adult Catholics and among Christians in general: First the good news—87% adult Catholics who were surveyed said that they have bibles in their homes. The bad news is that only…
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Stop Being A Glass, Become A Lake. Let me share this story: Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he had a very sad life and asked for a solution. The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then…
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THE BEATITUDES . . . which are not! 1. Blessed are those who make wise investments for they can afford frequent local and foreign trips. 2. Blessed are those assigned to affluent parishes…
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This is one of my favorites! An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, worry,…
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WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN WHEN WE PRAY? This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true: “I dreamed that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section…
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25 September 2016 Reflection: Our readings this Sunday invites us to look beyond ourselves, to see other people in our lives. Many today tend not to see other, as if they are blind and cannot recognize the presence of other people. To be a Christian is to see beyond ourselves, that we recognize others, especially…
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Black Balloon Let me tell you this story: There was a man who made his living selling balloons at streets. He had all colors of balloons Including Red, Yellow, Green. Whenever business was slow, he would release a helium filled balloons into the air and when the children saw it go up, they all wanted…
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