This story in the gospel today is an eloquent example of the unshakeable determination of a mother. There seems to be no limit to what a mother will go through […]

Many years ago an Italian writer wrote some very amusing stories about two men, one of them was the Parish Priest,  Don Camilo, and the other was the communist mayor […]

The famous American author John Steinbeck who wrote many famous novels, “The Grapes of Wrath”; “Of Mice and Men”, etc. He wrote a beautiful story called the Pearl. The Pearl, […]

There’s an old english novel that we have probably heard about and maybe have read. Its called Robinson Cruso written by Daniel Defoe. It tells the story of a castaway […]

Sometimes we hear about somebody or read about somebody who has made a great difference in the world in their own lifetime.  It may have been a writer,  a philosopher, […]

Sometimes it happens that we meet somone along the way just once and maybe for a very short time, but they make a very deep impression on us.  Something we […]

Tom Brown’s School Days was a famous British novel written by Thomas Hughes. Tom Brown was a popular boy who attended a boarding school in England. He lived with about […]

Over 400 years ago a report was sent back by Saint Francis Xavier in India to Saint Ignatius of Loyola in Rome. After reporting on the widespread poverty of the […]

Saint Augustine, one of the greatest intellectual saints spent many years trying to understand the mystery of God. One day he was walking along the beach he saw a little […]

Many years ago I heard a story on the radio, which I have never forgotton. It was about an auctioneer,  and he was selling the contents of a house.  He […]