Once a teacher gave his 12 years old students a chemistry problem to solve for homework. The next day, the teacher corrected them. One of the students, Rose, had made a mistake. The teacher gave her another opportunity: “you can stay in the classroom during the break in order to figure out your mistake.” One […]
Once Fray Luis de Granada heard someone who was very angry with someone else, say: “he cannot do that, it is totally unacceptable.” Fray Luis de Granada approached this person and said to him: “you are facing this person with a wrong heart.” “With a wrong heart?” he asked and continued: “What do you mean?”
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
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
Once I read this: if a child receives a gift in the presence of his mother, if his mother cares about the education of her child, she would immediately ask him: “what should you say?” If her child is an educated child, he would immediately answer: “thank you.” And the reflection of the author of
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 that all through his years of preparation for priesthood he was often asked, “Are you happy?” “Are you maturing?” “Are you open?” “How are your grades?” But never once, did
Once a Bishop told this anecdote about St. John Paul II. He had an audience with him in the evening (around 7pm). He was in the room waiting for the Pope. When he entered the room, it was obvious that he was tired. He walked wearily and his face seemed very tired. So, he said
The first lighthouse was built in England near Plymouth back in the 17ths. It was built in wood. Its builder, a man called Winstanley, was very proud of it. He used to say “it is the lighthouse of Winstanley, the best architect in England.” Even more, he inscribed it on it. One night, a strong
Mark Twain says that once he met a business man. This man was telling him his project. At some point he said: before I die I will go to the Holy Land. I will go to the summit of Mount Sinai and I will read the ten commandments out loud. Mark Twain said to him:
