Once an old woman was at the gate in the airport waiting for her flight. She had bought a bag of cookies and a book. She was reading her book when she saw the young man sitting beside her grabbing a cookie from the bag that was in the seat between them. She tried to […]
In October 1911, two teams of explorers tried to reach the South Pole in order to be the first human beings to touch it. After almost two months, one team, led by Roald Amundsen, arrived to the South Pole, and returned home safely. The other team, led by Robert Falcon Scott, reached the South Pole
Some of you probably remember the famous movie High Noon (1952). When Gary Cooper was the town sheriff, he put a murderer in jail. This murderer was set free and returned to town with some friends to get revenge. The townspeople abandoned him and he had to deal with the situation alone. His first reaction
Once St. Anthony, abbot visited the city of Alexandria in Egypt. He went there because Bishop Athanasius (future St. Athanasius) wanted to talk with him there. When St. Anthony entered the city, he saw a woman who was very well dressed and who drew the attention of all those who passed by. St. Anthony immediately
Once, as a woman walked with her son in her arms a voice spoke to her. The voice came from a cave and said: you can enter and take all you want, but you should not forget the principal thing and remember that after you exit, the door will be closed forever. The woman entered
Once an unbelieving farmer (he was baptized catholic, but he did not believe in Jesus) stayed home on Christmas Eve since the weather was terrible that day, as it had been snowing the whole day. It was the afternoon, and he was warm in his living room sitting in front of his fireplace, when he
There were two friends and one had good health. He was a sporty man, and he always tried to be a physically active person. His friend did not have good health and he used that as his excuse to be lazy. He did not like sports and although his friends always insisted that he should
An artist painted an interesting painting of a young person in front of a board on which he had written a several zeros, 12 zeros more or less, one after the other. At his side is an angel who is writing the number 1 at the beginning of the zeros, transforming them into a trillion.
In the Church of St. Louis of France there is a picture painted by the famous painter Caravaggio called the conversion of St. Matthew. In you see St. Matthew with other people counting money and our Lord Jesus Christ who is entering the scene and pointing to St. Matthew saying “follow me.” I simply wanted
The former President of the United States, Republican George Bush, once referred to an old memory of his trips to Moscow. “I want to tell you an anecdote I witnessed many years ago, when I was attending the funeral for Soviet leader Brezhnev. The ceremony was being conducted with such military precision that there was
