The Importance of Being Religious

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING RELIGIOUS This morning I am happy to share with you my point of view on the importance of being religious. Recently one of our graduates wrote a book entitled, “The Missing Spiritual Factor.” He is an electrical engineer who holds a number of high tech patents and through this book he looks to connect the physical world that surrounds us with the spiritual world, connecting the outer self and the inner being. In my own life the connection between the physical world and the spiritual world is often prayer. I have shared with some of you, students and faculty alike, that my wife and I have gone to scores of different churches in the NYC area for Sunday mass (including all of the boroughs). In fact, we try to go to a different church every Sunday in Lent. We add a little fun to these trips by also looking to find great pizza, burgers, or even bbq places, near these churches …. and YES there are lots of pizza, burger, and bbq places in NYC. A few weeks back my wife and I went to Sunday mass at a church in Brooklyn. We arrived at the church a bit early and I noticed a side area that was filled with statues of saints, and I mean filled with statues of saints. I had never seen anything like it, so I went in for a closer look. As I entered the room, I was distracted by a book that was set up on a small table, it was placed there so that people could write down things that they were praying for. I was struck by the prayer written on bottom of the page that was opened, it read – “Lord, Please, please, please help me pay my son’s tuition at his school.” It was left unsigned.


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