There’s a story about the mother of Pope John XXIII. She was an elderly lady, a simple and hard-working woman who lived in poverty all her life. Shortly after her son became Pope in the late 1950s she came to Rome to visit him. She watched as important dignitaries approached him, and how each would […]
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“Those who travel the high road of humility in Washington, D.C. are not bothered by heavy traffic.” Former Sen. Alan Simpson on George HW Bush at his funeral. “He never lost his sense of humor. Humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life. That’s what humor is. He never hated anyone. He […]
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Quoted by Richard Halverson in sermon, The Question Facing Us In 1863 President Lincoln designated April 30th as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. National humiliation, fasting, and prayer. Let me read a portion of his proclamation on that occasion. “It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, who owe […]