In 1981 when I was training at 48 for my first marathon mdash the New York mdash a man I had just met told me ldquo Once you run your first marathon you will never be the same again There are two kinds of people in the world those who have run a marathon and those who have not rdquo He w

At Boston College a co-ed posted an invitation to her Facebook friends to join her in walking the last several miles of Monday rsquo s ill-fated marathon from the point where the police after the bombing had held back the throng In an hour 600 ldquo friends rdquo had committed to the walk By

Twelve years tick off changes in media as much as they replay the same horrible narrative of terror nbsp In 2001 we watched news camera clips on endless replay nbsp Today scenes from Boston are broadcast continuously but from the myriad angles of bystander smartphone uploads nbsp A decade f

Job crying out to God for an account of the tragedies that had befallen him and his family hears a response from the depths of the whirlwind Who is this who darkens counsel with words of ignorance nbsp Gird up your loins - now like a man I will question you and you tell me the answers Where we

During the homily of yesterday 39 s mass dedicated to Benedict XVI 16th who turned 86 Pope Francis offered a happily unnuanced endorsement of the ambitions of Vatican II noted efforts to quot turn the clock back quot and suggested the church needed to do more to complete quot everything the H

Those of us who love Boston those who were born there those who live there and especially those who were in Back Bay yesterday are still taking in the appalling scenes from yesterday rsquo s massacre nbsp Not only on the most enjoyable day of the year in Boston but also in the absolute heart