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A New Start: Don't Be a Fool Anymore!

It’s bad enough to be a fool, but worse to be one and not know it. Foolishness is the opposite of wisdom. The world views God’s wisdom to be foolishness and considers its own foolishness to be wise

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Fr Sean Sheehy
Jan 01, 2026
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A New Year to Be Wise or Foolish

My grandfather once said to me, “Boy, learn from the owl how to be wise!”

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Fr Sean Sheehy
Irish Catholic priest retired to Co Kerry, Ireland following 42 years service in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Writing on different themes, predominantly focussed on the Holy Scriptures
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