On one occasion I was driving in Northern Spain, from Oviedo to Leon over the Pyrenees when I was caught in a dense fog, and I could only see a […]

Shakespeare tells a very sad story  about a man called Macbeth. He was a Lord in Scotland,  a good man, a good soldier, respected and admired by many.  He is […]

The Greeks had a very nice way of teaching a lesson. They would often tell a story. One of these stories is about a king called Midas. The gods told […]

There was once an american writer who was famous for his short stories,  One of these stories was about a married couple.  They lived in a small apartment in some […]

The first reading and the gospel today focus on a problem that is mentioned a lot in the Bible. This is the problem of the church becoming its own worst […]

Many of you may remember the musical ‘Annie get your gun’ which is an American musical comedy film,  based on the life of the sharpshooter Annie Oakley. The music and […]

Jean François Millet, a French Realist Painter, painted that beautiful work of art that many of us are familiar with. The painting depitcts two pesants bowing  in a field over […]

Many years ago, two men went for a walk in the countryside, as they were walking a shepherd was playing a beautiful melody on the flute.  One of the men […]

We have all heard the expression: ‘to burn ones boats’.  It probably has its origin in history.  Be it with Alexander the great in Grece or Hernan Cortes in Mexico.  […]

There was a poor boy that grew up in L. A. As a teenager he became interested in boxing and soon showed that he had exceptional talent. Were it not […]