Editorial

DEAR friend, you will certainly know, even if you have not visited them yet, about the shrines of Guadalupe, Fatima, Lourdes, Medjugorje… Perhaps, however, you may never have heard of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Health in Velankanni, India, which is visited annually by more than 20 million pilgrims, many of whom are not even Christian...

DEAR friend, stories told well can inspire and uplift our souls, putting us in touch with the true, the good and the beautiful. This is especially the case if they are legends related to our faith...

DEAR friend, I have known Daniela and Renato for a very long time. She is a lawyer and he is a registered nurse. They got married twelve years ago, have three children, live a quiet family life and have no major family problems...

DEAR friend, I recently hurt my left arm and I have to keep it immobile. Luckily, being right-handed, I can still do most things, including writing. This situation, that thank God is not serious, has made me think a lot about my father who passed away several years now...

DEAR friends, mistletoe has become a very popular Christmas decoration. Here in Italy, for example, people give charming bunches of mistletoe twigs with a big red bow to family and friends to wish them a New Year full of peace, serenity and health...

DEAR friends, I have a simple short story that might be particularly appropriate for this month. A very sick man turned to his doctor as he was leaving the room after an examination, and said, “Doctor, I’m afraid of dying. Tell me what the afterlife is like.”