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Q: Why do pagan girls make the best wives? A: Because they will worship the ground you walk on.

[33] Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. [34] O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. [35] A good…

“She has lived next door to us for about 14 months and I’ve only seen her once or twice. She lives in a house all alone with an abusive husband.” –from Beliefnet member Maranatha Add your prayers now

Who is rich? One who is happy with what he has. –Ethics of the Fathers 4:1 As cited in “Jewish Wisdom” by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.

Don’t forget to bring the good experiences of meditation into your daily activities. Instead of acting and reacting impulsively and following your thoughts and feelings here and there, watch your mind carefully, be aware, and try to deal skillfully with problems as they arise. If you can do this each day, your meditation will have…

“Dismiss all anger and look into yourself a little. Remember that he of whom you are speaking is your brother, and as he is in the way of salvation, God can make him a saint, in spite of his present weakness.” –St. Thomas of Villanova

“This above all: to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man.” –William Shakespeare

Matthew 12: 22-32 22 Then they brought to him a demoniac who was blind and mute; and he cured him, so that the one who had been mute could speak and see. 23 All the crowds were amazed and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they…

Wandering dejectedly in The Garden of Eden, Eve told God, “I’m lonely I’m tired of eating apples by myself.” “Okay,” God said, “I’ll create a man for you.” Eve said, “A man! What’s that?” “He’s a creature with aggressive tendencies and an enormous ego. He won’t listen very well, he’ll get lost easily, but never…

[22] Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. [23] And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? [24] But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow…

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