There are some moments of my priesthood I would like to share. Each impressed me because of the unexpected and unlooked-for impact they had on people's lives. There was the widow whose hand I took as I gave her the Eucharist (she felt much-needed support in her grief); the man whose child returned to church (I told him not to make an issue of it); the service at the funeral home in which the young granddaughter was the source of comfort for her mother and grandmother. I didn't have the greatest part in any of these moments, but I feel that I was privileged to witness something more happening.

Finally, there was the child whose parents were taking him out of church for misbehaving. Since I had dinner with the family earlier in the week, he must have figured he could call on me for assistance. So as he was carried out the door, he yelled out: "Father Tony, save me!"

Father Tony Olges