A husband’s journey through grief
Death and Dying
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Deaths Door: Why must we turn our eyes from suffering?
Why must we turn our eyes from suffering? A reflection on my mother’s death.
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In Widow’s Weeds
Joan Didion has been writing books for more than 40 years. Her newest and most unforgettable book is “The Year of Magical Thinking.”
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The Father of Mercies
My father performed the most powerful act of Christian charity I have ever personally witnessed: forgiving the young man who killed my brother.
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On Dying Well
In the last few years, I have become increasingly involved with death. This involvement has come from three sources: my clinical practice as a physician specializing in geriatrics, my work as a Jesuit priest at an academic medical center and my own attempts as an educator to improve the care of the