“Walker Percy captures this evasiveness in a chilling scene from his novel The Second Coming: ‘She spoke with the quietness of people after a storm which had drowned out their voices. What struck him was not sadness or remorse or pity but the wonder of...
“And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. What did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the Earth.” The inscription from the tombstone of the US poet Raymond Carver (1938-1988) , who is buried at Ocean View Cemetery...
Christ, Good Shepherd, bread Divine, show to us your mercy sign. Feed us still, still keep us thine That we may see your glory shine In the kingdom of the good. Source of all we have or know, Come and guide us here below, Make us, at your table… To access...
A rabbi was sitting in contemplation when a young student asked him what he was doing: “Contemplating God.” The young scholar ridiculed him and said, “Show me God. When I have seen God, then I will believe what I have seen.” The old rabbi said nothing, and the young...
A Kentucky lawyer and a Kentucky farmer have a head-on collision on a country road. No one is badly hurt, but both men are shaken. The farmer goes to his car and brings out a flask of bourbon and offers it to the lawyer. “You look like you need a… To access...
On 29 May 2016 Dr. Henry Heimlich didn’t hesitate. When a fellow diner started choking, the 96-year-old was ready to perform the maneuver that he invented. This all happened Monday at an assisted-living facility in Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Resident...
