There’s a young woman who has had to deal with a very difficult father. The father is an alcoholic who never admitted that he had a problem, and so never…

An older woman sits in her living room alone and in tears. Even though her husband died four years ago, she still gets overwhelmed by waves of depression. Her children…

Joe was in confession, he never liked to go face to face, because the things he had to confess were embarrassing to him. He certainly didn’t want to have to…

In the early 60’s, a monk from Ireland was giving a retreat to other monks at a monastery in Kentucky. At one of his conferences he told this curious story:…

Rachel was often her own worst enemy. All she wanted in her life was to be at peace, to stay calm. But it seemed that most of the time she…

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 blamed themselves…

A well-known contemporary spiritual writer by the name of Ron Rolheiser offers us a very beautiful way to look at the Solemnity of Pentecost (which we celebrated last week) as…

Greg turned off his TV in frustration. “That’s it! I’m done with MSNBC, CNN, Fox News and the rest of the crowd.” To say that Greg was interested in politics…

At the beginning of the Easter Vigil there are words spoken as the Paschal Candle is being prepared. These words can easily get lost in the activity that is taking…

Beth Ann was driving to work one morning. The traffic was terrible and she was running late---again! She had just dropped off her two little ones at school. They barely…

Joan was in her 80’s. When her husband, Richard died, it was the worst experience of her life. Yet, she did not fall apart. Richard had been sick for about…

This is a true story:        A group of soldiers was sitting around the barracks letting off steam. The talk swung around to religion and faith. One soldier, a fallen-away…