Meditations of an Exile is a collection of my thoughts on a wide variety of topics dealing with our spiritual and our earthly lives. For a little comic relief I’ve included a satire (“Father Sixtysomething”) on the foolishness that has inflicted the Church since the close of the Second Vatican Council. Meditations is a random series of essays that have been swirling around in my mind for many years and have matured to the point where they can finally be put in print.

Buy Book at Amazon.com

I want the reader to pay especially close attention to the sections on prayer, which is so vital to eternal salvation. It is my personal approach to prayer. I don’t say that it is perfect but it works well for me and, like all spiritual practice, it is always a work-in-progress. If I have convinced the reader to focus more deeply on personal prayer then this book will be a “best seller” not necessarily in numbers but in achievement.

The Scriptural quotes are all from the New Advent and Douay-Rheims versions of the Bible. I use both names for the last book of the Bible -- Revelations and Apocalypse -- depending upon which of the two versions I am obtaining my reference. In many instances I copy and paste directly from the on line text so I do not claim responsibility for any typos (or apparent typos) in those texts.