O beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, blessed Mother of the Son of God, immaculate virgin, assist me in my necessity. O Star of the sea, help me and show me herein that you are my mother. O Holy Mary, mother of God, Queen of the Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you … Read more
He was just a little boy, on a week’s first day. He was wandering home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way. He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar. He found a fluffy milkweed pod, and blew out all the “filler.” A bird’s nest in a tree overhead, so wisely placed on high, Was … Read more
A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman watched her neighbor hanging wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean,” she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.” Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her … Read more