Lifestyles

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

In World War II, when the Japanese army occupied Vietnam, they didn’t kill people wholesale; they just destroyed the food supply and let people starve to death. After all, a physically weak citizen is likely not going to be an internal threat, one might assume the army leaders thought.

A Vietnamese family lived in one of the larger houses in the city. After a time, starving orphaned children would come to the house begging for food, but there was none to be had; the meagre rations the residents were provided weren’t enough for one person, much less several, and they’d been reduced Read More

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

You may remember the big news last week about the two billion dollar Powerball prize up for grabs. There was a news report after the drawing which reported that, after taxes, the winner would receive a “mere” $634 million. “Awww … poor thing!” said … nobody.

But it gets one to thinking. Not about exorbitant taxes (well … maybe that, too), but rather: “How much is enough?” After all, even the richest never seem to have enough, though claiming that it’s the challenge that keeps them striving—like a video game in which billionaires try to get the “high score”. But scripture reminds Read More