Keep walking

It was Friday, June 13th 1930, when Henri Guillaumet, an experienced French airplane pilot, had to travel from Santiago de Chile to Mendoza. The weather

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But not my soul!

In 1914, after Germany invaded Belgium, a magazine had a famous cartoon in which it showed the German Emperor saying to King Albert of Belgium,

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The fable of the lapdog

Once an elephant came into the town and was walking down the main street. The elephant was so impressive; no one had seen an elephant

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Foresight

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

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Pleasing God

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

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Trying our best

Suffering from terminal spinal cancer at the age of 47, former North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano spoke with a reporter earlier this year.

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Making our faith grow

Once a bishop said that he received a letter from a priest who was critical of his own seminary formation. In that letter he said

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