Joey's got a side job none of us knew about...

Click on the headlines to see what I came across...
(I'm not surprised the last movie he was in was called 'Happy Go Lucky' -he's a pretty happy-go-lucky kinda guy!)

Here are some pictures from the more unknown movies he was in.

From 'Mr. Coolman Joe':

From 'Homeless in New York':



From 'Abe and Mrs Lincoln: the Untold Story of Troublesome Vacations':



From 'Life is a Trainride: The Irv Kloska Story':



And from 'Oh No, I Think I Lost My Lost Fishin' Hook':

Thought for the day from Aunt Pat

The descent to hell is easy. The gates stand open day and night. But to reclimb the slope and escape to the upper air; this is labor. - Virgil, Aeneid, book 6

Love is kind...

Kindness can be really powerful.

Pope John 23rd was known throughout the world for his kindness. He was ordained an archbishop and sent to Bulgaria for 10 years to work among people in a country that was mostly Orthodox and highly hostile to Catholics -but he broke right through the barriers because he was so kind to them. Then he was sent to Turkey to work among the Muslims who also were very hostile to Catholics, but he somehow broke through their hostilities with the same weapon of kindness. Then he was sent to Greece -a country that was an arch-enemy of Turkey, and when a famine broke out in the country he used the tool of kindness to convince the Turks to give the starving Greek children over the equivalent of $100,000 of aid. During WWII -through his witness of kindness -he convinced a Catholic Nazi to help him save 24,000 Jews from Turkey. And when he was sent to an atheist Paris after the War, he was able to connect with the post-Christian era elite simply through the words of kindness. The single virtue of kindness itself -lived out fully by Pope John 23rd -did wonders to change the world.

Love is kind. Do one extra act of kindness today for each person you work with, meet, live with -or for a person who is especially difficult for you. Do one act of kindness, and you will be doing an act of love that can change the world.

Only Love transforms the world.

The Bridge

Heard on Catholic radio last night...

"I've never met a pessimist who accomplished anything."

This struck me as profoundly true. Can you guess who said it?

Hint: The person is now dead.

Love is Patient...

Embrace one situation today with extra patience -show your love through the silence, the listening, the sacrifice, the waiting that this act demands. And offer this patience up for the person you know needs it most in life.

Only Love transforms the world.

In the Cause for Life, One makes a difference....

Last week at the Right to Life Dinner reference was made to St. Telemachus, who ended the gladiator fights in Rome by throwing himself in the arena and trying to stop the killing. This resulted in the crowd stoning him for interfering with their “entertainment”, but the emperor stopped gladiatorial combats as a result of Telemachus’ martyrdom. This happened in the early fifth century. See the link for more.

In today's world the gladiatorial combats have been replaced by the killing of innocents at abortion facilities, not in the name of entertainment, but out of desperation and fear, out of greed and a refusal to accept God's greatest gifts to us: little images of Him in the unborn child.

On Sunday the diocese held their annual Rosary for Life in the Women's Care Center Garden, adjacent to the South Bend abortion facility. Lisa Everett, co-director of the Office of Family Life, noted that Jesus looked at the coin with the image of Caesar on it and said, "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and render unto God what is God's". Lisa reminded us that when we look at the unborn child, we must realize that he/she bears the image and likeness of God Almighty, and we must take care of and protect that image of God according to God.

I’m passing along this story of Telemachus because I think it is not well known, AND because it shows the power of one. Even ONE of us can make a huge difference in the cause for Life. And if you are feeling defeated or overwhelmed, just remember, as Mother Teresa taught us, “God does not call us to be successful, He calls us to be faithful”.

If we remain faithful, God will take care of the success.

KEEP PRAYING AND FASTING.

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