Monday, June 15, 2009

FATHER'S DAY QUOTES

"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." (Charles Wadsworth)

"I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started." (Bartrand Hubbard)

"The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get." (Tim Russert)

"A father's words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house." (Paul Lewis)

"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a 50 percent chance of being right." (Bill Cosby)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Traditional Franciscan Benediction

May God bless you with discomfort
at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears
to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in the world so that you can do what others claim cannot be done to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.