Compensate for competence
A giant ship's engine broke down and no one could repair it, so they hired a Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years of experience.
He inspected the engine very carefully, from top to bottom. After seeing everything, the engineer unloaded his bag and pulled out a small hammer.
He knocked something gently. Soon, the engine came to life again. The engine has been fixed!
A week later the engineer mentioned to the ship owner that the total cost of repairing the giant ship was $20,000.
"What?!" said the owner.
"You did almost nothing. Give us a detailed bill."
The answer is simple:
Tap with a hammer: $2
Know where to knock and how much to knock: $19,998
The importance of appreciating one's expertise and experience...because those are the results of struggles, experiments and even tears.
If I do a job in 30 minutes it's because I spent 20 years learning how to do that in 30 minutes. You owe me for the years, not the minutes.
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Benedict, Francis and retirement
In a new interview, Pope Francis said the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI meant he had lost a “good companion” and a father figure.
“I lost a dad,” Pope Francis told the Associated Press, praising his predecessor — who died on Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 95 — as a “gentleman.”
Francis said he would visit Benedict for counsel at the converted monastery Mater Ecclesiae in the Vatican Gardens, where the retired pope resided.
“For me, he was a security. In the face of a doubt, I would ask for the car and go to the monastery and ask.”
Pope Francis has repeatedly praised his predecessor. In April of last year, he described Benedict as “a prophet” of the Church’s future and in November acknowledged his leadership in responding to sexual abuse. On Jan. 4, he said Benedict brought Catholics to an “encounter with Jesus.”
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The pope also confirmed what he said six months ago: If he should retire, he would choose the title of “bishop emeritus of Rome” — not “pope emeritus” — and live neither in his native Argentina nor the Vatican but in Rome.
Asked if he would reside at Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in a TV interview broadcast on July 12, 2022, Francis said “that could be,” since he would like to retire “to hear confessions at a church.”
-Catholic News Agency
Cure via Benedict XVI
By Augustine Mario
A Beautiful MIRACLE Through The Blessed Hands of Pope Benedict XVI, know the story:
They came from Colorado, Peter was 19 and had arrived in front of the Pontifice, thanks to a trip organized by the Make A Wish International Foundation, which makes it a reality for sick kids to meet the Pope.
Peter was so excited he wasn't expecting a one-on-one meeting. He thought he would have a few moments to tell him about him, when he realized that all those who, like him, were trained, carried gifts with them, but he, on the other hand, had nothing to offer.
Then Peter's father, Tom, proposed to give him the green bracelet he was wearing, with the words "Pray for Peter" and the passage Romans 8:28: "... And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose. ", that Peter loved so much.
That was just one of 1,200 bracelets his classmate had made to create a chain of prayer for his health.
Peter had lung cancer, an advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma that was pressing on his heart. It was so big they couldn't anesthesia him, because there was a risk he wouldn't wake up again, so they couldn't even extract for a biopsy.
Multiple chemotherapy had led him to depression, from which he only recovered when he received the Eucharist. Peter battled that disease and was convinced he could be cured if he would simply go to the Vatican.
So the child stood before the Pope, explaining everything in a few words and asking for a blessing. Pope Benedict XVI blessed him, placing his right hand on his chest, where the tumor was, without Peter telling him where it was.
From that moment, the child never stopped improving, until he was completely healed.
He attended the University and is now a Priest as of May 15, 2021.
GOD BE THE GLORY!
Long Live the Church
Long Live Pope Benedict
Long Live Fr Peter
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Covid saves couple from divorce
A Chinese couple who were in the process of getting divorced but changed their minds after the wife got Covid-19 and was nursed back to health by her husband has gone viral on mainland social media.
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3204445/covid-saved-our-marriage-chinese-couple-cancel-divorce-after-husband-nurses-ill-wife-and-both-fall?utm_source=youtube_community&utm_medium=referral
"Give me your sins"
A PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT TO JESUS
The following is an incident that occurred one Christmas, concerning the great Saint Jerome. He was the man who translated the Holy Bible from it's original languages into the universal Latin. This holy man, who had a great love for God, actually died, in 420, in the blessed town where his God had been born - Bethlehem.
As he was on this day meditating about the first Christmas, Saint Jerome received a glorious apparition of the Divine Infant.
"Divine Infant," Jerome replied, "I give You my heart."
"That is very good," said the Holy Child, "but give Me something else."
Jerome answered, "I give You my prayers and all my heart's affections."
"That also is good, but give Me something else." His Sacred Heart was yearning for still more.
"I give You," the Saint, wishing to leave nothing behind, offered, " all that I have and all that I possess."
"Very good." The smile radiating from His Holy Face showed that He was pleased. There is, however, nothing which can compare with the Divine Love and Generosity of God. "But," the Boy continued, "I desire that you give Me still something more."
"But, Divine Infant," Jerome cried, "I have nothing, what do You desire me to give You?"
"Jerome," said Jesus eagerly, "give Me your sins!"
The Saint was shocked. "But," he asked, "what would You do with them?"
"Give Me your sins," Jesus explained, "in order that I may pardon them all."
The generosity which Jerome had shown Christ on His Birthday was more than repaid by the loving rapture he experienced upon hearing those merciful words.
"O Divine Infant," said Jerome, "You make me weep for joy!"
Don't argue with the donkey
The donkey told the tiger: "The grass is blue."
The tiger replied: "No, the grass is green."
The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, and to do so they approached the lion.
Before reaching the clearing in the forest where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"
The lion replied: "True, the grass is blue".
The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him".
The king then declared: ′′The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence".
The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating: ′′The grass is blue"..
The tiger accepted his punishment, but he asked the lion: ′′Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?"
The lion replied: ′′In fact, the grass is green".
The tiger asked: ′′So why do you punish me?"
The lion replied: "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey, and on top of that to come and bother me with that question."
The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on discussions that make no sense... There are people who for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand, and others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t.
When ignorance screams, intelligence shuts up. Your peace and tranquility are worth more.
(Adapted from an unknown Author)
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