Ignite your Catholic Faith

The desire for God.  We all desire a sense of security and peace.

The empty Pickle Jar

Life is made up of good stuff, ugly stuff and everything in between.  But the package is basically very good.   Watch the Video Clip and enjoy.

This is how winners are made

There is one thing I’ve learned in life and it’s this…
The things you truly want in life are NEVER just handed to you for free,
they must be earned.
Most of the time to build yourself up, you need to break yourself apart.
And it’s right there that life looks down to the depths of your soul and says…
You Want It…Prove it!

What it takes to be number One - Vince Lombardi

Lombardi! Perhaps no single word in the English language communicates such strong visions of excellence, discipline, commitment and, of course, winning.

The Lombardi philosophy transcends football. His powerful words capture the fundamentals of success—in any sport, any business or any life.

Just watch this inspiring 3-minute movie. You'll also hear live audio excerpts of Lombardi, giving his most famous speech...What It Takes To Be Number One.

Ignite your faith - Does God really exist

Is there really a God? How do we know that God exists? In this C4: Ignite Your Catholic Faith video, Bishop Don Hying speaks to all of us who are wondering if God is real. Based upon the Catechism of the Catholic Church (31).

What happens to Bread and Wine - Corpus Christi

People line up at Mass for a small cracker or a piece of bread and a sip of wine. Why? When you get down to it, isn't it just bread and wine? Bishop Don Hying shares the mystery of the Eucharist with us, and what makes it a truly Holy Communion. Based upon the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1373).

Insight into Decision Making

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track.

The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?    

Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make........ .........

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Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.

The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens.. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.

While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be   made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.

'Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right.'  

Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.