Goodbyes provide a unique opportunity to do three things: express gratitude, ask forgiveness, and offer encouragement. 

One woman simply wept, leaning on her walker in her doorway.

"Besides, friendship is especially necessary for living. . ." - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

". . . the absent are present, the poor are rich, the weak are strong, and — even more difficult — the dead are alive." - Cicero, On Friendship

Jordan Peterson's Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life is a compelling meditation on the human condition disguised as a self-help book.

The sergeant stood before the young soldier in the cold rain.

In their respective narratives of our Lord's Passion, all four Gospels mention the crowd's election of Barabbas over Jesus.

There is no such thing as a private sin.

Jude Patrick Dougherty (1930-2021), the legendary dean of the Catholic University of America (CUA) School of Philosophy, was buried on Monday.