Using Scripture, the power of story, and current world events, Fr. Stanley J. Aksamit presents these homilies and meditations to enable the reader to reflect more deeply on issues that divide us in both Church and the larger society. Focusing on the dying wishes of Jesus of Nazareth, he takes the reader through the fundamentals of our faith, the richness of the liturgical year, to consideration of gun safety, climate change, abortion, political power and corruption, racism, welcoming the outcast, and the abuse scandal.