Fear and Self-giving

Michael called me yesterday after his philosophy class and told me: “we’re not going to heaven.” When I asked him why, he said that his former Catholic and now atheist professor said that he and his wife go to nursing homes or other places to visit broken people every Sunday just to be with them [...]

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American workers being overworked

Through work, according to John Paul II’s Laborem Exercens, man realizes or fulfills his humanity. In other words, work must serve man rather than the other way around. Man is the subject of work rather than the object of work. Sadly, we are seeing the latter. A quick glance at the the statistics noted below, [...]

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So you want to learn crochet?

“Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.” –Dorothy Day Many parishes and secular organizations have groups of women who either crochet or knit blankets for the homeless during the winter time or booties and baby afghans [...]

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On the Importance of Order and Organization

“Whenever you have order, your time will multiply and, as a result, you will be able to give more glory to God, working more in his service.” St. Josemaría Escrivá (The Way, 80) I have lived with nuns before and I have also visited monasteries and houses of parish priests as well and they are [...]

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The Importance of Small Tasks

My dad used to tell me: “no matter what your job in the real world ends up being or how frustrating it turns out to be… you do every task that is assigned to you the best you can, no matter how small, no matter how insignificant it is.”  He used to tell me that, because he knew [...]

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