Anna Caruso

           I suppose there are times when everyone longs to recapture the carefree innocence and joy of childhood.  We wish that for just one day  we could shake off the burdensome responsibilities of adult life and put our feet under Dad’s table once more.  Admittedly, this emotion carries with it an element of escapism, but it is not necessarily all bad.          There are, of course, some characteristics of childhood that we should outgrow and leave behind forever.  Such childish traits as impatience and total self-centeredness have no place in adult life. But there are certain basic […]

          More than 60 years ago Dale Carnegie wrote a book that made him a very wealthy man. The tile of it is “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” It has since been published in every major language of the world and has sold multiplied millions of copies. The popularity of the book lies in the fact that it recognizes and deals with a very real human need – that is the  necessity to relate to other people.          Of course, Dale Carnegie was not the first to recognize that need.  Jesus […]

          Years ago, on Memorial Day weekend, nearly half a million people joined hands along a 4,152-mile-long line across the U.S. to raise funds – and consciousness – to fight hunger and homelessness.  People linked up for fifteen minutes and sang “We are the World,” the theme song of the campaign, and “America the Beautiful,” joyfully celebrating the day and the singleness of purpose from sea to shining sea.  On that very day, Sport Aid, a campaign for African famine relief, attracted twenty million people in seventy-eight countries.  Millions of people the world over tried to […]

            The month of June, as we know, is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of  Jesus.  Today, I ask the question:  What does it mean to love God?                For the most part, many are inclined to think of love as a fond feeling of warmth and affection.  We sing about it; we read about it; we watch it in movies and on TV.   Love is a deep feeling that one person has for another.  And quite clearly, not even God can demand that.  How can we command the human heart to feel […]