Q: All my life I’ve experienced severe menstrual cramps and they continue to be nearly unbearable. I’m wondering if I am holding on to pain or past experiences in my stomach and reproductive organs. Any suggestions other than ibuprophen?

Q: Will my daughter, Annie (16 years old), finally stop with the drugs, apply herself and get her diploma?

Q: I am so saddened by the fact that we are now at war. I feel helpless but have not given up hope for peace. Is there anything that you can recommend for those of us who believe in peace and wish to bring it to all people on our planet?

Q: What is purgatory? With the war in Iraq escalating, I wonder about this place called purgatory. In an old TV episode of M*A*S*H, Father Mullcahey said, “The only positive thing about our time here in Korea is that someday when God says you have to do time in purgatory, you can honestly say, “I already have.”