An old boatman painted the word “prayer” on one paddle of his boat and “work” on the other. He was asked the reason for this. To answer, he slipped the paddle with “prayer” into the water and rowed. The boat, of course, made a very tight circle. Returning to the dock, the boatman then said, […]
Once a priest was asking for help to open a house of mercy. He began asking people to support this work of mercy, and they started helping him. However, he had this dialogue with one of his potential benefactors: – Father, do you want me to contribute to your work or commit to it? –
A young girl wanted to be a soccer player. She trained for this every day. One day she had an accident and injured her legs. The ambulance took her to the hospital, and she had surgery. After the surgery, the doctor spoke with her and explained that the surgery was successful and she was going
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 forecast predicted a huge snowstorm for that day. However, he still decided to leave Chile and to cross Los Andes (The Andes). At one point the snowstorm became very strong
Once I read an interesting article that compared our will to the Mint; as the Mint makes coins, so our will makes coins. Our will makes the coins of good deeds, and we make those coins to buy heaven and achieve holiness. To buy heaven, our coins should be genuine and not counterfeit or fake.
A rich man gave an interesting commission to a painter. His painting was to depict only a rooster, but as faithfully as possible. After the commission, the man waited several years without hearing from the painter. Finally, he became so tired of waiting that he went to see what was happening with the painting. He
Once a blind person was begging on a very crowed street. He was sitting on the sidewalk with a hat at his feet and a sign written in white chalk: “please help me, I am blind.” A person who worked in making advertisements passed by and stopped and looked at his hat that only had
