A man is standing over a hospital bed, looking down at his wife who is being anointed by a priest. The whole nightmare began just three days ago when Mary…

Have you ever heard the story of St Anthony of the Desert? He is the first of the Desert Fathers of the fourth century in Egypt. I’d like to share…

Last week, composer/Lyricist Stephen Sondheim died. He was 91 years old. He wrote an incredible number of shows for Broadway. You may be familiar with some of them: A Little…

John Cardinal O’Conner, former Archbishop of New York once told this story: I want to tell you something that happened to me the other day. I went to confession to…

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. But, in his…

I’d like to share with you an old story. It’s about a young rabbi who was frustrated that the people of the synagogue didn’t recognize his gift of wisdom. He…

Louis wasn’t sleeping at night. He couldn’t get his mind to “turn off”. And going through his head were all his worries: about his business in this struggling economy, his…

Ben was a football coach in the local junior high school. He was always able to put successful teams together. On one particular occasion his team was playing a game…

Jason angrily told his friend, “I’m done with God! Please don’t mention faith and trust in God to me anymore.” And then he hung up the phone. What just happened…

David became involved in a faith-sharing group with other men in his parish about a year ago. It had been the best thing for him since his divorce. At these…

Mark was a Communion Minister. He and his wife Susan had been CM’s for several years. But Susan hadn’t exercised her ministry for a long time now. She’s been suffering…

Victor had a job that called on him to travel overseas a lot. On one particular flight to Paris, Victor became overwhelmed with a feeling of claustrophobia during take off.…