Morning Briefings

‘We can’t wait for vouchers, and can’t look to the old model of relying on our pastors and bishops to come up with the money and the answers,’ says Mr. Busch. ‘If we want Catholic schools for our children and our society, we have to adopt new models that let us compete.’

– William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal
Down But Not Out in Catholic Suburbia

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses courage loses all.

– As attributed to Miguel de Cervantes in
Matthew Kelly’s Rediscovering Catholicism

No advertising is as trusted as the spontaneous testimony of delighted customers.

– Betsy Sanders
Fabled Service: Ordinary Acts, Extraordinary Outcomes

‘God, grant me the grace of a normal day,’ prays my wife. What would an alphabet of grace look like?

– Brian Doyle
Leaping: Revelations & Epiphanies

We are workers because we are made in the image of a God who works. Like our Creator, we also need to engage in creative and purposeful activities; it is fundamental to who we are.

– Alistair Mackenzie and Wayne Kirkland
Where’s God on Monday?

If America is to rediscover its mojo and grow its way out of debt and deficits–and not just pin the tail on the rich, or inflate it all away–it needs to liberate the new generation of Steve Jobses. Today, that challenge seems daunting. But the 1970s, the decade of Apple’s birth, offers hope that hardy seeds can take root even in bad climates.

– Rich Karlgaard, The Wall Street Journal
Apple to the Rescue?

And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

– Hebrews 4:4

Being a man means emphasizing relationships and having a cause bigger than yourself. It means accepting responsibility and leading courageously. It means that empathy, integrity and living a life of service to others are more important than points on a scoreboard.

– Jeffrey Marx
Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood

PGA Tour Begins to Pay a Price for Tiger Woods’ Transgressions: The troubles facing the professional-golf tour without Tiger Woods will be on display when the annual tournament tees off at the Torrey Pines course in San Diego this week. Ticket sales are down, fewer hospitality tents have been sold, and the title sponsor had to be lured with a cut-rate price.

– Matthew Futterman and Douglas A. Blackmon
The Wall Street Journal

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

– Vernon Sanders Law, 1960 Cy Young Award Winner