The Spirit of St. John Bosco
In the 19th Century, the great Saint John Bosco came to the rescue of generations of young people to save them from a moral, spiritual and cultural shipwreck. Due to radical and drastic changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution, the displacement from the rural to the urban milieu produced an upheaval that affected seriously the […]
In his book Holiness is for all Seasons, Pope Benedict XVI notes that conflicts between saints, such as Saints Peter and Paul, should comfort us, because they show that the saints were not dropped from Heaven. They are human just like you and me. We are all called by God Himself to be great saints […]
Dreams are a product of our unconscious mind and imagination. To pay too much attention to them is foolhardy. The inspired writer Sirach wrote “dreams give wings to fools.” (Sir. 34:1) But, not all dreams are created equal. Some dreams are more than just unconscious renderings of our conscious lives. In some rare cases, dreams […]
My two-year-old son loves books. He does not know yet the glory of reading, but he is quickly realizing the wonder and joy to be found in a good story. This morning, as I tried to sneak in a few moments of prayer and reading before my children awoke, I was interrupted by the soft […]
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