“Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man…” (Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving) Sometimes I just wish I Read More
A Sign of Hope
As students at Immaculate Conception grammar school, we would say the “Stations of the Cross” on Fridays during lent. I kind of liked them as a great diversion from the Read More
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Thank You—The Perfect Prayer
I don’t often feel like a millionaire, in fact I probably more often feel like just another descendent of immigrant grandparents who is blessed with many gifts, i.e. an education, Read More
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Let’s Dream
One of my favorite pieces of literature is Don Quixote, the Man of LaMancha by Miguel de Cervantes. I remember reading it as a student at De Paul University in Read More
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Stop! Look! Go!
On a Fall evening in 1963, I was sitting in the refectory (dining room) of the Passionist’s Novitiate in St. Paul Kansas (yes Kansas) listening to a fellow novice read Read More
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Pray and Work–That’s What it’s All About
The cross can happen even in the life of a child younger than three years old. If you doubt that, then I dare you to watch Noy Thrupkaew’s TED selection Read More
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Going Nowhere
“If I want to change my life, I best start with changing my mind.” Words of Pico Iyer in today’s TED Talk selection. This world traveler and travel writer Read More
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Can We Offer What We Do Best
If you ever doubted the effectiveness of the contemplative life, we now have the definitive answer, Brown University has initiated a program that studies contemplation from many different Read More
