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Personal Letter to the Reader | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Letting Go | p. 1 |
False Accusation | p. 13 |
Meditation: Emptying Oneself | p. 15 |
Facing False Charges | p. 19 |
Sharing the Truth with the World | p. 24 |
The Case Unravels | p. 30 |
Meeting My Accuser: Forgiveness and Reconciliation | p. 34 |
Cancer | p. 43 |
Meditation: Suffering in Communion with the Lord | p. 45 |
New life | p. 51 |
Diagnosis: Cancer | p. 55 |
An Aside: My Father | p. 61 |
Sharing the News with My "Family" | p. 63 |
Surgery | p. 66 |
An Aside: My Mother | p. 68 |
My Cancer Ministry Begins | p. 71 |
A Priest First, a Patient Second | p. 75 |
Meditation: "As Those Who Serve" | p. 77 |
Heeding God's Call: The Priesthood | p. 85 |
"Unofficial Chaplain" to Cancer Patients | p. 90 |
A Special Community | p. 92 |
Practicing What i Preach | p. 95 |
An Aside: The Importance of Prayer | p. 96 |
A Priest First, and a Patient Second | p. 100 |
Further Challenges | p. 103 |
"A Sign of Hope": My Pastoral Letter on Healthcare | p. 105 |
Letters from Fellow Cancer Patients | p. 111 |
Befriending Death | p. 121 |
Meditation: "Come to Me All You Who Are Weary and Find Life Burdensome" | p. 123 |
A Visit from an Old Friend | p. 127 |
The Cancer Returns | p. 128 |
Dying Publicly | p. 134 |
My Ministry Continues | p. 137 |
Meeting with the Holy Father | p. 139 |
Letting Go of the Future | p. 140 |
Praying with the Presbyterate | p. 141 |
Letting Go of My Ministry | p. 142 |
The Cross Comes into Clear View | p. 145 |
The Gift of Peace | p. 149 |
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