Exercising The Funny Bone
By DONALD DeMARCO These are, indeed, times that try men’s souls. Our spirits are weighed down by the COVID-19 pandemic together with the horrifying spectacle of our cities being vandalized, churches being ravaged, statues being desecrated, stores being looted, bad Supreme Court decisions being delivered, and sporting events being closed to spectators.Keeping one’s spirits up is most challenging. My thoughts turn to St. John Paul II and what he had to endure, even before he assumed the papacy. Both his mother and father died when he was young. His sister Olga died a few days after she was born. His brother, Edmund, who had obtained a degree in medicine, died at age 26 while serving his internship. John Paul had…Continue Reading