It Is Not the Feet That Govern
Charles I, King of Spain (also known as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor), was walking one day with considerable difficulty due to an attack of gout. One of his attendant counts saw him and began to laugh, whereupon the Emperor asked him: "Why are you laughing?" The count replied: "My
It Is Not the Feet That Govern
Charles I, King of Spain (also known as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor), was walking one day with considerable difficulty due to an attack of gout. One of his attendant counts saw him and began to laugh, whereupon the Emperor asked him: “Why are you
You have made me Pope, now let me be one
During the pontificate of Paul III, it is said that a cardinal was persistently asking him for a favor. However, Paul III kept putting it
Unexpected Help
Charles Péguy, the famous French poet and essayist (1873–1914), tells the following story: There was a Frenchman who was so bored, so terribly bored, that
When an Artist Painted Envy
Once, a painter was asked to depict envy. After much thought and study on the subject, the painter portrayed envy in this way: an old
Statue of Responsibility
Viktor Frankl, the famous Austrian neurologist, psychologist, and psychiatrist who survived the Holocaust, was once invited to the United States to give a series of
Four Men Carrying a Board
A story is told of four men who were carrying a large board, although it was not so big. It was a slate that could actually
An Unexpected Request
The prefect of a department in France, who was a Christian man, often visited hospitals. Once, while visiting a hospital run by nuns, he was
About us...
The main goal of this blog is to help people to live according to the Gospel principles. Those who have had the great grace of reading the Gospel have found that there is no greater preaching than that of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord taught through parables, proverbs, analogies, etc. in order to attract his listeners and to help them to reflect and convert. As followers of Jesus we try to imitate His example of preaching in order to illustrate the Divine Teaching and make it easier to live out.