Dear Hank, Your sense of relief is somewhat disturbing.  I commend you for your generosity in giving God and the Church the first chance, but now that two years of

Dear Nicky, Thank you for trying so hard to send me that beef jerky (funny how you remembered my immense like for that low-regarded delicacy).  Unfortunately, the guards gleefully waved

Dear Benny, My young nephew, you are a foolish man.  Go ahead, get mad if you like, get indignant, get outraged even, it doesn’t change the foolishness of your decision

Dear Anne, Glad to hear that the band is doing well.  Must be exciting to travel from town to town and play to live audiences instead of to the rakes

Dear Nick, If you ever send me another note so full of thoughtless personal criticisms (of anyone at all, let alone priests and bishops!), I will personally provide my captors

Dear Wilma, I just received a frantic note from your mother (my dear, nervous sister), who is afraid that you are playing a dangerous game with your naturally attractive personality

Dear Patty, So you’re trying to squeeze in more units by taking classes during the summer session, are you?  Knowing your grades from the last two years, I can say

Dear Loretta, Did you know that you don’t have to die in defense of the faith in order to be a martyr?  Well, it’s true. The martyr’s crown also goes

Dear Antoine, How goes the cancer research?  You probably don’t know, being only a pre-med student working as a volunteer in a children’s hospital, they probably have you doing mundane