The last member of Satan's crew — and we are glad to see the last one of them — is Doctor Dodgeit. He stands for sloth, or laziness. Perhaps this morning we can give you a cure for sloth."

The woodsmen in a certain forest when they were finished with their day's work, used to leave their axes in a little woodshed. The next morning they would choose an ax and go off into the forest again. One morning all the axes were taken except one poor fellow that was left in the corner. He began to feel sorry for himself. "Woe is me! None of the woodsmen ever chooses me to chop trees with. I 'm not sharp enough. I 'm all rusty. There is nothing left for me to do but go into the garden and eat worms." A voice came from the opposite corner of the woodshed. "I couldn't help overhearing, but don't worry, Old Man, I'll fix you up as good as new again." The ax looked around and saw that it was the grindstone. The ax began to squeal. "Stop. You're hurting me." The grindstone didn't give him any sympathy. He just said, "This hurts me as much as i t does you." Round and round went  the wheel. The ax began to squeal louder and louder. He shouted at the grindstone. "It's all your fault. If it weren't for you I'd still be asleep in the corner." The grindstone replied, "You want to be sharp and bright, don't you?" The ax replied, "Yes, but isn't there an easier way?" The grindstone replied, "No, the only way to sharpen an ax is to grind it . " The wheel kept going round and round; the ax got angrier and angrier. He was so mad he wouldn't even speak to the grindstone. Finally the man took the sharpened ax and went off to the forest with it . He picked out the largest tree in the wood. Blow and blow he laid at the foot of it . The ax began to sing with joy. He was as good as new again. Down came the oak and all the woodsmen cheered. How proud the ax was then. That night as he lay in the corner of the woodshed he said to the grindstone, "I 'm sorry about this afternoon, Grindstone, Old Boy, I 'm strong now and I owe i t all to you."

Doctors will tell you that there is just one cure for laziness. It does not come in bottles or pills or powders.  It is called hard work. There is no other cure. There is only one way to grind an ax and that is to grind it , and grind it hard. As long as it lies lazily in the corner it will be rusty and useless. If you go to a doctor and complain that you are lazy, you will get this answer — work hard. Every doctor in the world will  tell you that. That is every doctor in the world except our friend Doctor Dodgeit. He will tell you that the cure for laziness is to be lazy. To lie in the corner and get rusty. But we know all about Doctor Dodgeit. He is one of Satan's crew on the Badsoul and he stands for sloth or laziness. The one we should
go to for advice is Doctor Doit from Christ's ship the Goodsoul. He will tell us that if we are lazy the only cure is hard work. If we say we are afraid to do something because it is hard, he has a prescription for that.  He just sits down and writes his name.  He hands you the card.  You read it and it just says, "Doit."
                                                                            Source: Heavenwords, Imprimatur 1941

                                   "From Him, through Him, and unto Him are all things."

As you know, rivers can wear away rock. There is a river in Canada which has cut a deep ravine between two rocks. For thousands of years the river has been winding and eating its way through the stone. Now it flows through a deep and dark chasm and on either side two rocks send their towering peaks into the sky. The pious Canadians who live there have given names to these two rocks, names which remind them of the two greatest truths in life.

They call the rocks Trinity and Eternity.

There are two great truths in our lives which we cannot escape — Trinity and Eternity. There are three Persons in one God and they have made us to live with them for all eternity. You learned these things from the first page of your first catechism. Do not forget them until you close the book of life.

On this day which is sacred to the Trinity, we should recall what we owe the three Divine Persons. We owe them adoration. We should adore the great God who made us out of nothing and yet is willing to dwell within our puny hearts. Praise the Trinity. Begin and end your every action by carefully and reverently making the sign of the cross.

We owe them love. God is an all-loving Father and we are His children. He says to us, "Son, give me your heart." Give Him your hearts because He loves the hearts of children best of all.

We owe them imitation. Christ told us, "Be ye perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" We are the children of the King and we should act like the children of the King.

Now let us look at the other twin peak, Eternity. God has made us to know Him, love Him, and be happy with Him for all eternity. Have you any idea of how long eternity is? You have probably all heard the old example of the bird trying to empty the seashore by taking a grain of sand in his beak once every thousand years. That will give you some idea of how slowly things move in eternity.

Let us take another example which is based on how quickly things move. Light travels 186,000 miles per second. We think 60 miles an hour in a car is fast. Just think of light going 186,000 miles in one second. A little problem in arithmetic which you can do when you go home is to try to figure out how far light will travel in a year. Multiply 186,000 by 60 to find its speed per minute, then by 60 for its speed per hour, by 24 for its speed per day, and by 365 for its speed per year. Then remember that while light has traveled all that way, eternity has not yet begun to begin. And this eternity we are to spend with God, from Whom and through Whom and unto Whom are all things.
                                                           Source: Heirs of the Kingdom, Imprimatur 1949