True generosity never looks to reciprocity. It gives neither because it expects a gift in return, nor because there is a duty or obligation to give. Charity lies beyond obligation. Its reward is in the joy of giving. Men cannot stand weakness.
Men are, in a certain sense, the weaker sex.
There is nothing that so much unnerves a man as a woman's tears. Therefore men need the strength and the inspiration of women who do not break in a crisis. They need someone not prostrate at the foot of the Cross, but standing, as Mary stood at the Cross. With this issue of Senior Friars Talk , Gene Katoski takes leave of the editorship, a job which he has faithfully and capably filled for the last nine years. Now he can enjoy some well-deserved time to work on his golf game SFT will resume in the autumn with Blane O'Neill at the helm.