Yet she has a heart of stone when it comes to giving to the Church and charities. She is even extremely critical of her family or anyone doing kind deeds while she makes demands on her own family. Please answer in the Wise Man column of the next issue. Further, it is impossible to answer in St. Anthony Messenger more than a fifth of all the questions the Wise Man receives. When people ask for an answer in the next issue, they simply have no understanding of how long it takes to answer questions and get them into print in St. Anthony Messenger .
Some questions require considerable research.
All letter-writers think their questions are important and want quick answers. Yet from pen or typewriter to the printed page takes three months at the earliest. For the magazine, the Wise Man attempts to pick questions of interest to many readers, and balance the kind of questions answered in a particular issue. When it comes to the columns of St. Anthony Messenger , letter-writers have to wait their turn. Some questions may never make the column, but receive private replies.