An elderly priest making rounds in a prison came upon a despondent young man. “Leave me alone, Father. I’m no good, said the young man. “Everything I have touched has…

A man sits by himself at the far end of the bar. He stares absently into his drink and hears these words coming from somewhere in the room: ...and when…

Steve was a hot-head. There was no doubt about it. If anyone gave him any push back whatsoever you could see the face get red, the lips shut tight, and…

My nephew gave me a rather unusual gift this Christmas. It was a book called, “Meditations”; not the meditations of Saint Teresa of Avila, or Saint Augustine, or Thomas Merton…

Alan was in his early fifties. He sat in the pew of his parish church waiting for the 10:00 Mass to begin. He was there with his wife and two…

A man is standing over the hospital bed. He's looking at his wife who is seriously ill. The doctor has just left and told the family that it would just…

As I get older I find that my memory isn’t what it used to be. If I think that there is something I have to do, I need to do…

A Carmelite nun, Sister Rachel, still living, wrote this (a few years ago) in one of her books.  “Some may feel that I speak too often of sin, rub it…

When we come into church for Mass we bring with us the things we are struggling with: The challenging family situations that are so difficult to resolve, the depression that…

Joe was very discouraged. His addiction was making him feel terrible about himself. Only recently had he been even willing to acknowledge that it was an addiction. In his attempt…

St. Jerome, one of the most intelligent and well-educated men in the history of the Church, grew up in Rome in the fourth century. In addition to being one of…

In Stephen Spielberg's film, "Saving Private Ryan", a squadron of young soldiers is sent on a mission to find one particular soldier behind enemy lines and bring him out of…