Meredith was a person who liked to plan. And these plans would cover every aspect of her life, from her job, to her home, to social events on the weekend. …

Sam and Mary had been married for just over 50 years now. Sam had always thought to himself, “I could never live without ‘my dear Mary’”. He would often jokingly…

“How’s that going to work?” I would venture to say that we might ask that question as often as once a day, maybe even more. We ask this question in…

Two men are having lunch together. One is Catholic and the other Jewish. They worked together for a number of years now and got along pretty well. They considered themselves…

James couldn’t figure out why he had to deal with the same sins over and over again. “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I just make up my mind not…

A guy in the parish, Chris, needed to see the Pastor. This wasn’t the first time this happened. When he got worked up about something, he would usually seek this…

During the Second World War, when the Nazi armies were in almost every country of Europe, King Christian of Denmark stubbornly resisted the Nazis. His country was quite small compared…

Bill had a son who fell away from the church a number of years ago. This had been a real hardship for him because he and his wife had blamed…

Elliott and Keith were brothers. Elliott was married and in his late 50’s. Keith was a priest in his late 40’s. They were spending a few days together—just the two…

Frank had been a Catholic all his life. He went to Mass on Sundays, but not much else beyond that. His faith experience never became part of how he lived…

Ron was sitting in the congregation. It was homily time. He’s gotten used to the priest not really saying anything of interest to him, and so Ron’s mind starts to…

When Sue was told that her husband had just died, she could see her life falling apart before her eyes.  This had come literally out of nowhere.  Jim had been…