More and more people have learned - often the hard way - that the promises of this world are empty promises. All the money in the world can't help when a loved one dies. All the fame in the world counts for nothing when a child becomes addicted to drugs. And you can have friends as numerous as the stars and be as alone as the most desperate creature who ever lived.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE PROMISES OF THIS WORLD. I BELIEVE IN ANSWERS. I BELIEVE THERE ARE ANSWERS.

That's why I wrote this book. Day in and day out, even as we are beset with the problems and questions of life, we are called to reject the empty promises of the world. We are called to embrace the answers that even now lie within our grasp. - Mother Angelica