Outward Signs

This Collection Of Seven Stories Suggests That Sacramental Power Can Erupt In Startling Ways Outside The Normal Context: A Baptism Conducted In The Gulf Of Mexico By A Crazed Evangelical; A Paralyzed Skier Who Uses Her Handicap To Dissuade From Suicide; An Altar Boy S Burial Of The Eucharist Under A Japanese Maple; A Religious Confession At A Health Club; A Priest Clad In Dubious Tuxedo Whose Last Sermon Gives Unction To A Lapsed Catholic; A Laicized Priest Called To Anoint A Dying Woman; A Young Deacon Pressed To Exorcise A Couple Trapped In A Demonic Marriage. These Stories Confirm What Bernanos Wrote In The Diary Of A Country Priest: Grace Is Everywhere.