One of the great acknowledged orators of the last century was Bishop Sheen of New York City. Once when asked " How does one convert a person to follow Christ? "

His answer was direct and simple. He expressed it all in three words " Kindness - Kindness - Kindness. " Let us here attempt to emulate that.

-- jean bouchard (jeanb@cwk.imag.net), March 13, 2003

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-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 27, 2003.

God rest the soul of the good bishop. His programs on EWTN, are still beautiful and inspiring.

-- Ed Richards (loztra@yahoo.com), March 27, 2003.

Divine Humor. I recently watched one of his old shows from the '50s and have listened to many of his tapes. He continuously made excellent use of humor. As an example; in this particular show he discussed "Divine Humor" and repeated the following experience:

During a question and answer period one night, a student sarcastically asked Bishop Sheen the great Catholic teacher, "Suppose you tell us how Jonah managed to survive for three days and three nights in the belly of a whale." Bishop Sheen replied, "Frankly, I don’t know; but when I get to heaven I’ll ask Jonah." The youth shot back, "Suppose Jonah didn’t go to heaven?" Bishop Sheen said, "Then you ask him!"

-- Gary S. Hart (gshart@cox.net), March 28, 2003.