Applause

 

 

Dear Friend,

Do you love yourself for who you are as a person, or for what you do?

As I go out with my camera to photograph how people relate to each other through their body language, I find many of us judge our success by the applause of our audience.

In other words, we do our best work in life, and give our best performance, when we judge ourselves not by results but rather by hard work that builds fruit in people.

For example, when I create a new art photograph my purpose is to share truth, hope, goodness and love, and not look at the sale or the people who may like it or not.

We should applaud ourselves when our life and work solves a problem, fulfills a need, serves a constructive purpose, or lifts others to a higher level.

This to me fosters true happiness in the person who we are.

Enjoy your day!

Frank

Frank J Casella is a professional photographer and executive director of Catholic Men Chicago Southland.

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CMCSVirtues for December 15, 2014

The family is a community of love where each of us learns to relate to others and to the world around us.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) December 9, 2014

CMCSVirtues for December 1, 2014

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CMCSVirtues for November 23, 2014

‘A virtuous life consists in mortifying vices, sins, bad thoughts, and evil affections, and in exercising ourselves in the acquisition of holy virtues.’

— St. Philip Neri

Who is Archbishop Blase Cupich named after?

Who is Archbishop Blase Cupich named after? Learn about the patron of throats …

via Catholic New World – Who was St. Blase?.

Chicago’s exiting cardinal: ‘The Church is about true/false, not left/right’

“Back in 1997, journalist Jonathan Kwitny published a biography of Pope John Paul II called “Man of the Century.” The idea was that the biography of John Paul cut across all the great dramas of the 20th century, from Nazism and Communism to the upheaval in the Catholic Church caused by the Second Vatican Council. ….

By the same logic, one could argue that Cardinal Francis George of Chicago was the American churchman of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, because there’s almost no story in which he wasn’t a lead actor.”

via Chicago’s exiting cardinal: ‘The Church is about true/false, not left/right’ | Crux.

 

Jesus invites all to take risk ‘of being more,’ says Chicago archbishop

CHICAGO CNS — At his installation as the ninth archbishop of Chicago Nov. 18, Archbishop Blase J. Cupich urged the congregation at Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral to fearlessly share their faith recognizing that God calls them “to more” and “to greater things.”

via CNS STORY: Jesus invites all to take risk ‘of being more,’ says Chicago archbishop.