Here are some insights on a good book entitled “How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships” by Leil Lowdes that gives us a number of tips in managing that chat with someone whom we’ve just met and keep that conversation interesting and engaging. According
May 11, 2023
Whom should we love more our parents or our children? St. Thomas Aquinas raised this question in his book Summa Theologiae and gave two answers. First, from the point of view of the object of love or to the person whom we are to love, he says, the more the
May 9, 2023
A good book to help us decide quickly and not lose a lot of time choosing from many choices, is the one authored by Annie Duke entitled “How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices”. Ms. Duke advises us to make a quick decision if a decision passes any
May 3, 2023
Another book that helps us reduce the use of our smartphones unnecessarily, is the one authored by Nir Eyal entitled, “Hooked”. It’s actually a book on how to build habit forming products. But we can use the same information to counter the attraction we have for these products so as
April 26, 2023
In the first letter of St. John we read, “perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18). What does he mean by it? According to St. Thomas Aquinas there are two kinds of fear: servile fear and filial fear. Servile fear refers to the fear of a servant of being
April 25, 2023
Does the Holy Eucharist keep us not only from future punishment (Hell) but also from future sins? If we make good use of it, yes, says St. Thomas of Aquinas. It is the most effective weapon to conquer sin along with regular prayer and confession. St. Thomas says our bodies
April 20, 2023
Here are some tips so as to have that energy all day, work fully charged so as to get more things done, have a healthier body, a sharper mind and better relationships. Tips taken from best-selling author Tom Rath’s book “Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your
April 18, 2023
A different approach to solving problems is offered by this book written by Edward Burger and Michael Starbird entitled, “Five Elements of Effective Thinking”. The kind of thinking the authors is recommending for us to try, is to make use (by analogy) of the elements of nature: Earth, Air, Fire
April 13, 2023
“This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24) The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the be all and end all of the Christian faith. As Bishop Barron would say, “If Christ did not rise from the dead, all
April 11, 2023
Here’s a summary of the famous book of the same title by best-selling author Ryan Holiday. First, Mr. Holiday tells us about the Three Areas in Life when the problematic ego appears. First area is aspiring. Aspiring in the wrong way means we are more of talking than doing. Or
April 6, 2023
What were the sufferings of Christ in His Passion and Death? The answer is He suffered everything. Literally everything. All areas of human suffering we can think of is covered. St. Thomas Aquinas gives us three. First, on the part of men: Christ endured suffering from Gentiles and from Jews,
April 5, 2023
How much did Christ suffer in his Passion? Christ as God would not experience suffering but Christ as man does. Death by crucifixion is the most painful death mankind could possibly invent. St. Thomas Aquinas gives three reasons for that unique painfulness of crucifixion. First, because the crucified are pierced
April 1, 2023