A Christian perspective on why bad things sometime happen to good people. As a priest, chaplain, and poet, John Aurelio would often walk the corridors of hospitals and ask, "Why, God?" and in his work with severely handicapped children ask himself, "Why this child?" MOSQUITOES IN PARADISE is the fruit of his contemplating and praying over these questions and the meaning of life, suffering, and death for many years. No pat answers are given, but much insight and great hope are provided for all those who struggle with the same kind of very human questions. MOSQUITOES IN PARADISE is a charming and profound series of reflections, parables true stories, scriptural passages, and original prayers designed to open our eyes and hearts to a new vision of life, to help us see our lives anew through "Jesus glasses." As always, John Aurelio's prose has the power to reorient us to a richer, global God-view of life that is at once refreshing and inspiring.