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On the name of God, my Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen! The meaning of those words underlines my faith. No one should be imposed such a belief. But, a race was exterminated because of it and another … [more]

One of my granduncles became a Venerable –the highest rank among the Masons–in my hometown. He told me once in French—La force de la volonté corrige le destin. That may translate in English as–the strength of one’s will corrects one’s … [more]

I have learned that “Be perfect as Our Father in Heaven is perfect” is our first commandment. I have also learned that within each one of us a fragment of Our Father is guiding us diligently to His kingdom. As … [more]

Time and space have no beginning and no end. However, we try to measure both of them. From sunrise to sunset, to the distance between the stars, we use markers that translate to repetitive events each year for time, to … [more]

I have ransacked my sub-conscience. I have disinterred everything, everything hidden and secret—from the holy to the wicked, the puritan to the pervert, the peaceful to the violent, the conformist to the anarchist, the flexible to the radical, the decent … [more]

I have never thought of freedom as the right to do whatever I wanted. Indeed, it is a divine right. But, I thought of it as the possibility to make choices. Those choices do have consequences. Those consequences do imply … [more]

The first act of the new born censures his own existence—he cries as air penetrates his lung. Those tears are tears of life. As we grow up, it becomes unavoidable that we are going to experience multiple experiences, good and … [more]

A man is lost in the desert. No food. No water. He panics. In his desperation to survive, his mind revolts against his fate. It provides him what he is longing for. Suddenly, he sees food, water and an oasis … [more]

Almost every past civilization celebrated their gods of war. Invocations echoed their strength and invincibility; sacrifices and ornate offerings revived the altars of temples and sacred locations named after them. Even before the last Iraq war, an American General said … [more]

I always believed that I was born old, very old. I remember that at the age of seven, standing in front of my house, I said to myself loudly—“the sky was not blue and there were no hills and mountains … [more]

“Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”, so it is commonly said. At this stage of human evolution, physical beauty suggests a false sense of perfection. It is true that what I can find very beautiful may be astonishingly … [more]

Multiculturalism has become a very bad word on the lips of many politicians these days. Psychics and sorcerers would be visited, and weapons would be blessed by preachers of God’s loving warriors before wars and conquests. But, I would advise … [more]

My face became illuminated with one of the most heartened smiles when I read that the Big Bang did occur, but too many of us have failed to ask who put the elements together. I just want to reiterate that … [more]

Thanks to Karen Ansara and her husband, Jim Ansara, co-founders of the Boston Foundation, to Laura McConaghy and all the staff of Boston Foundation and the Haiti Fund for their continuing and inspiring effort to alleviate the suffering of my … [more]

On June 18, I performed at the Rockport Opera House, in Maine, at a fundraiser organized by the students of the Searsport District High School French Club to benefit Maine-based Konbit Sante. I want to commend them for taking such … [more]