John D. OêBrien, S.J., a Jesuit scholastic, is currently studying Theology at Regis College, Toronto.
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No, this article has nothing to do with Simon and Garfunkel. But I can't help recalling that memorable line from Alanis Morissette's rather edgy 1995 song "What I Really Want." The singer asks tauntingly: "Why are you so petrified of silence. Here can you handle this?" – and follows with a strange few seconds of complete ...
Frank Capra's beloved classic It's a Wonderful Life explores a number of themes, but perhaps the final word was left to the angel Clarence, who leaves his copy of Tom Sawyer to the redeemed protagonist George Bailey with these words inscribed: "Remember George, no man is a failure who has friends."...
