October 18, 2023 “Keep a sense of humor. It doesn’t mean you have to tell jokes. If you can’t think of anything else, when you’re my age, take off your clothes and walk in front of a mirror. I guarantee you’ll get a laugh.”— Art Linkletter Jeannie Ewing’s book,...
October 17, 2023 A Healing Prayer At Cana, the Mother of Jesus said to the servers,“Do whatever He tells you.”— John 2:5 Jesus, heal our lives,Our broken spirits,Our hearts and minds,Our bodies and souls. Jesus, hear our prayer,You know our weakness,Our struggle and...
October 16, 2023 Sister Mauryeen O’Brien, OP, passes at 92 Dominican Sister of Peace Mauryeen O’Brien, OP was a leader in the Catholic bereavement movement, whose work has helped untold thousands of people over the years. Those who thought there was no hope found...
October 15, 2023 Still Held Words seem so feeblein moments like these.Life is so precious,and death such a thief.The depths of your painI cannot comprehend,but I’ll stand alongside youin the darkness, my friend.Love is a bondthat death cannot part.Gone from your...
October 14, 2023 “Know that you are not alone. God and so many others grieve with you.” — Diane Foley As a war correspondent, Jim Foley reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, where he was kidnapped in 2012 by Islamic State Jihadists. During his...
October 13, 2023 “The cemetery is my sense of comfort, my sanctuary in a world of darkness, the one piece of light that I have in my life.” — Jessica Sorensen Growing up in an Italian family in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Jim Colica says that paying...