March 20, 2001   Thought of the Day   "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."    -- Mother Teresa Click on the titles to read the articles   Pope Ordains 9 Bishops on Feast of St. Joseph   Long-Distance "Adoption" of Poor Fathers Proposed   John Paul II´s Address Before Angelus   John Paul II Hails Opus Dei´s Priest-Laity Collaboration   Religious Liberty in France "Still in the Balance"   England Considers Female Bishops   The Case for the Latin Mass - By Dietrich Von Hildebrand - Part One   Jesuits battle Jesuits over Institute   Anglicans to Urge Catholics to End Communion Ban   Herod's Heroes: Governor Gray Davis California   Look Away, Look Away, The Rage for RU 486   Officials Seek to Ban Type of Birth Control   Hold that conscience   'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban Won't Be Easy to Deliver   U.N. Rights Chief Robinson Steps Down to Regrets   At U.N. Battle Lines Are Clear   Canada under fire as haven for terrorists   Albanian Rebels Deliver Ultimatum   Life in Tetovo Grinds To Standstill   Russian Space Agency To Dump Mir   Liberal Politicians Wary About Russia's Future Under Putin   In China, Bombs Are Weapon of Choice   China's Jiang Zemin to Visit Cuba, Latam Nations   Sharon: Isolate Arafat   Nine injured in Middle East shootings   In Sudan, "There´s a Genocide Going On"   Liberia shuts border with Sierra Leone   Sharon Meets Bush, Under Pressure to Ease Tensions   Powell spells out Mideast policy   Bush Warns of Energy Crisis   Rolling Blackouts Ordered in Calif.   U.S. Lags in Nuclear Infrastructure, Weapons Skills   Campaign Reform Bill Needs Rewrite, Lott Says   'Palestinian' computer virus issued   Magistr worm emerges, scarce but deadly   Economists See Interest Rate Cut   Social Security, Medicare Get a Reprieve   Anne Williamson exposes Federal Reserve   New blood thinner may be biggest advance since aspirin   Spy Agency May Have Located Mars Polar Lander   More Than 3,500 Reindeer Starve   Livestock Afflicted in Saudi Arabia   Foot-and-mouth disease found in Central Asia   Farmers threatened by foot-and-mouth disease, state official says   More floods hit Mozambique   6.2 quake hits Indonesia   French Avalance Kills Two   Open Letter: New Rules Give Government Access to Your Medical Records - A VERY IMPORTANT READ!   Heston Blasts P.C. Media as Threat to Freedom   People-zapper fires microwaves at the enemy   Few can forget day drug raid came to school   American doctors about to prescribe gun control   Police in DNA test crackdown   Marine Loses Vaccine Appeal   Planned vote by city angers gay advocates   Message to Pat Mundorf - ARCHIVED   Message to Louise Starr Tomkiel - ARCHIVED   Our Lady of Medjugorje Issues Urgent Call To Mercy And Love   Outbreak of cattle disease in England has deep spiritual connotations   Fear-mongers are after firearms owners, so here are the facts   Catholics and the Rapture   Instead of Live Truly Fast, why not Fast and Truly Live!   Work and Motherhood: Still a Hard Balance   God loves you and your tattoo   Get ready for 'Christian Oscars'   Taco Bell offers 'food for all' if Mir hits target   Sulphuric acid freighter sinks near Spain   Clone me, pleads 84-year-old man who wants son   Jury Awards $5 Million in False Memory Syndrome Case   9 Million Infertile in Russia, Say Doctors Back to the top This came by email from Jim and Joan from Mary's Yellowstone Chat, and it touched me so much that I had to add it in. Thanks Jim and Joan! :)      Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and justice for all! Amen!" Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby I heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country. Kids today don't even know how to pray. Asking God for ice-cream! Why, I never!"      Hearing this, my son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it wrong? Is God mad at me?"      As I held him and assured him that he had done a terrific job and God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentle man approached the table. He winked at my son and said, "I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer."      "Really?" my son asked.      "Cross my heart." Then in theatrical whisper he added (indicating the woman whose remark had started this whole thing), "Too bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice cream is good for the soul sometimes."      Naturally, I bought my kids ice cream at the end of the meal. My son stared at his for a moment and then did something I will remember the rest of my life. He picked up his sundae and without a word walked over and placed it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her, "Here, this is for you. Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes and my soul is good already." Back to the top