Father Don challenges us and inspires us, sharing his own observations about the joys and sorrows, the gifts and problems, of being human. He writes out of a long life lived by the Rule of Saint Benedict and uses his many years as a teacher and his working knowledge of the Psalms, the Gospel, and the wealth of the whole Christian tradition to help deepen our sense of what it means to be a Christian and a Catholic in today's challenging world..." Carolyn J. Dewald, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies, Bard College