“When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth. The most loving communities are often the poorest. If our
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It is abundantly clear that discretion is in some way the source and root of all virtues. …True discretion is not obtained except by true humility. (2nd Conference: On Discretion - Chs. 9-10.1) In the
A True Story about Why We Sabotage Ourselves, Feel Overwhelmed, Set Aside Our Dreams, and Lack the Courage to Simply Be Ourselves (Beacon Publishing, 2016) "Kelly wrote an engaging, uplifting book equal to any secular
Here is an unfortunate incident. Sr Elizabeth receives a phone call from her home with the shocking news that her nephew died in an accident. She had spoken to him that morning, when he greeted
Denis, a young man doing his theological studies, has asked to speak with me: “Sister, I was disappointed with what you previously wrote about attraction! It really sounded cold. Are we merely some kind of
This month we look at four lay professionals—a doctor (and polymath), an economist, a professor and a diplomat—whose lives shine as models of humanity. Their death anniversaries occur in September. September 4 Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
“Be generous and share”—that is what my parents taught me—more by actions than words. These words have moulded my belief system in life. I have always felt drawn to the voiceless, the exploited, the suffering.
An emotionally healthy person experiences and expresses a wide range of emotions—not just one or two. “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not
How a Trust is Run Every Trust will have a group of Trustees, three or five or more, according to the provisions of the Trust Deed. The management and control of the Trust and all
KEVIN Crystal and I have been showered with many graces in our life together. One of the most recent graces has been that of being entrusted by our parish to develop a reflection of the