Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American mountaineer, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker, known for surviving a canyoneering accident by cutting off part of his own right arm. On April 26, 2003, during a solo descent of Bluejohn Canyon in southeastern Utah, he dislodged a boulder, pinning his right wrist to the […]
A certain wolf could not get enough to eat because of the watchfulness of the shepherd. He tried day after day, but the shepherd was always keeping his eyes on his flock. One day the wolf found a sheep skin that had been cast aside and forgotten. He dressed in the skin and strolled into
A basketball coach had twin sons. He wanted his sons to be professional basketball players when they grew up, so from an early age he took them to play basketball in the park. It was always the same, his sons wanted to play freely and to have fun and their father would not let them.
St. Benedict’s father sent him to Rome to study science and literature. However, soon after arriving in the city, St. Benedict became aware of the decadent life of the citizens of Rome. He immediately began to discern the situation and decided to flee Rome and go to a place where he could save his faith.
Indian legend has it that the great chieftain of the tribe was talking to his grandson about the future. The grandson was making plans for the future and he asked the grandfather what the secret was in order to make his plans come true. The tribal chief answered him with a single word: “sacrifice.” After
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Once a priest was talking with a young man who was discerning his vocation. He had actually discovered his vocation to the consecrated life, but he was not sure if he was going to follow it or follow his own plan for his life (family, career, and all the things that a religious renounces in
While he was a priest, St. Vincent de Paul worked in a high position for the government for many years and one of his tasks was to employ people for the government. One day a mother came and asked for a job for her son. After examining the candidate’s abilities, he concluded that the candidate
Once the bishop of Mantua, Giuseppe (Joseph) Sarto, who would later become Pope and Saint Pius X, was publicly slandered by a merchant. More than once he was advised to denounce the slanderer judicially, but to this advice the bishop replied: “that poor man needs prayer more than punishment.” So he did not do anything
A firefly lying in a garden, shuddered with envy at the effect of the lights from a nearby Christmas tree and, in a melancholic mood, complained of the weakness of her own splendor; “how can it be possible that something could shine so brightly”, she wondered. Its friend looked carefully at the tree and said
Teresa is an Argentinian parachutist who went to Arizona, USA for an international event of parachuting. She went with 14 other parachutists, with the idea to train first and then after 4 days of training to start jumping on Friday. She brought her parachute, but it was not an appropriate one to jump in Arizona.
