Time For a Smile

Posted in Catholic, humour

It is good to laugh at ourselves. Thomas Merton wrote deep insights on contemplation and society but even he says that we often take ourselves too seriously.

“I think the chief reason why we have so little joy is that we take ourselves too seriously.

Joy can only be real if it is based on truth, and since the fall of Adam all man’s life is shot through falsehood and illusion.”  

The best response to life’s absurdities and our own weaknesses is laughter. Melanie

Once when Merton was asked how you can tell if a man has been through inner transformation, he replied that it was very difficult to tell but it is usually accompanied by a wonderful sense of humour.

So with these thoughts in the back of my mind, I present  some Catholic humour for your enjoyment.

Published by melanie jean juneau

Melanie Jean Juneau serves as the Editor in Chief of Catholic Stand. She is a mother of nine children who has edited her kid's university term papers for over a decade. She blogs at joy of nine9 and mother of nine9. Her writing is humorous and heart warming; thoughtful and thought-provoking. Part of her call and her witness is to write the truth about children, family, marriage and the sacredness of life. Melanie is the administrator of ACWB, a columnist at CatholicLane, CatholicStand, Catholic365 , CAPC, author of Echoes of the Divine and Oopsy Daisy, and coauthor of Love Rebel: Reclaiming Motherhood.

4 thoughts on “Time For a Smile”

    1. a bio is a good start- Merton wrote Seven Story Mountain , an intellectual atheist finding God and monastic life as a Trappist but one of his good friends wrote an insightful one that included Merton having a beer, pizza and a laugh along side deep contemplative insights- will look it up

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