Noted for his acid tongue, Evelyn Waugh hated the United States and its citizens and let them know it. However, he felt more and more drawn to them on repeated visits.

As fearful and fearless Christians, we are called to lovingly and cautiously care for our own lives and those of others, acknowledging the startling beauty and value of human life in all stages.

Nothing is more certain than death. Yet normally, nothing is more hidden from our view. We do most everything that we can to not look death in the face.

Saint Vincent’s made a habit of serving people on the margins.

The Boston College baseball program is a school where young men learn to be men for others, and Pete was its master student.

In death, what we thought was lost is, wondrously, restored to us. What we feared could never be accomplished is achieved.