Even with advance knowledge and awareness, and active participation in the process, there is no denying the sense of pain or loss in a parish or school community.

We're not putting that before the Lord. We'll pray that everybody stays healthy, that we have a good ball game and that everybody will be lifted up watching it on a world stage.

To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?

Pain is the root of knowledge

Anna's eyes soften, and the stubborn tears begin to recede. The way she stands, the way she breathes, I know she wants to come closer. New knowledge fills up the air between us and neither of us wants to breathe it in.