“She’s somebody’s mother, boys, you know. For all she’s aged and poor and slow. And I hope some fellow will lend a hand to help my mother, you understand. If ever she’s poor and old and gray, when her own dear boy is far away.” From the poem โSomebodyโs Motherโ by Mary Brine When I …
“๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.” ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ 3: 10 Itโs been cold and rainy of late where I live in New Jersey and winters in January can be challenging but last week it was a tad warmer and as I drove along Ocean Avenue on my way to morning Mass, I literally had to stop …
โWe will get there, heaven knows how we will get there. We know we will. It will be hard we know, and the road will be muddy and rough, but weโll get there, heaven knows how we will get there. We know we willโ. Title song from the album Woyaya by the Ghanaian-Afro Pop band Osibisa (1971) and later performed by Art …
“Toto, I Have a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore“, the character Dorothy Gale from the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) Career and Life Transitions and Getting Back to Your Version of Kansas Growing up as a young boy I can fondly remember sitting down once a year with my parents and siblings to …
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ย Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Quote from Matthew 11: …
โLet them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.โ Matthew โช15: 14 As I was taking my daily walk on the Spring Lake boardwalk several days ago, I couldnโt stop thinking about this memorable scripture reading from Matthewโs Gospel that I had …
โSir, do you see that big building through your car window?” The man answered, โSure I do!โ โWellโ, the young man continued, โthatโs the Empire State Building. Just keep your eyes on that building as you drive your car and youโll be there in no time.โ Did You Ever Get Lost on Your Way to the Empire State …
โEverybody’s talking at me. I don’t hear a word their saying. Only the echoes of my mind. People stopping, staring. I can’t see their faces. Only the shadows of their eyesโ Harry Nilsson, Everybodyโs Talkinโ (1969) 2017 has been a year unlike any other in recent memory. Lots of fear, anxiety, and divisiveness seem to permeate the airwaves and our …
โYou gotta have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?โ Happy Talk, from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific (1949) This New Year’s Day, I found myself running on the Jersey Shore Boardwalk, something I have been doing for many, many years although truth be …
Like many of you, I think I watched every Charlie Brown TV special and read as many of the Peanuts comic strips I could get my hands on as a young boy growing up in Northern New Jersey. We had our favorite characters for sure โ Lucy Van Pelt, Linus, Pig-Pen, Schroeder, and Peppermint Patty. …
