I had a close encounter with Indiana Jones a few months back, and today I find it teaching me a bit of something about hope.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Today’s find: Lamassu
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Tags: 1 Peter, Indiana Jones, Lamassu, The OI, The Oriental Institute, Third Sunday of Easter, University of Chicago
Today’s find: Zoom
“Too bad Thomas didn’t have Zoom…”
These days, that’s my initial reaction when I hear the gospel passage for the Second Sunday of Easter. (A familiar tale, yes? The story of Doubting Thomas who didn’t happen to be physically present when the Risen Christ makes one of his first appearances.)
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Tags: Cloud of Witnesses, Didymus, Divine Mercy Sunday, Doubting Thomas, Second Sunday of Easter, St. Thomas, Zoom, Zoom Chat
Today’s find: A Link to LaSalle…
“Social distancing” affects tons of small enterprises…some of which are obvious, and some less so. I’d put “retreat centers” in the less-than-obvious camp, I think: We tend not to keep them top of mind, unless we happen to be going on retreat in a given week.
Which is why I was intrigued by a new program launched at LaSalle Retreat Center this week — called Self Care with LaSalle. It provides some simple, everyday ways for folks to use this “downtime” productively…and may perhaps help generate a little revenue for LaSalle at a time when income from in-person retreats is virtually nil.
You may want to check it out…
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Tags: LaSalle Retreat Center, Self Care With LaSalle
Today’s find: Beyond
One widely-reported benefit of the recent shelter-in-place orders has been the chance to do some deep cleaning. Which, at our house, turned up an entirely unexpected Paschal blessing.
Today’s find: Grand opening
As sunlight faded on our socially-distant Good Friday in 2020, I noticed that our dogwood buds had just begun to open…and offer their beauty to the world…
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Tags: Dogwood, Grand opening, Holy Saturday, Holy Saturday 2020
Today’s find: Sorrowful mysteries
Beauty intrudes, like a gentle kiss from the Holy Spirit…
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Tags: Consolation, Contemplative Mary, Covid-19, DeSmet Jesuit High School, Edward Berns, Good Friday, Good Friday 2020, Pandemic
Today’s find: Seeking a quiet place
And so it begins, this most unusual of Triduum celebrations.
What I notice mostly is this: All of my “Holy Week” rhythms are “off” – completely out of whack.
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Tags: Agony in the garden, Covid-19, Garden of Gethsemane, Holy Thursday, Holy Thursday 2020, Jerusalem
Today’s find: Hot Wheels
We waited until we knew the grandsons were napping this afternoon… before making a “socially distant” drop-off of Easter goodies on their front stoop.
Somehow, the cloak-and-dagger tactics seemed to fit the day.
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Tags: Betrayal, Holy Week, Holy Week 2020, Hot Wheels, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Monster Truck, Spy Wednesday, Triduum
Today’s find: Provisioning
Covid-19 claimed another piece of normalcy today, and I felt the reverberations in my “lizard brain.”
It’s never good when that happens – when I sense that my “fight or flight” reflex has been activated. Oddly, the trigger in this case was a trip to the grocery store.
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Tags: Covid-19, Gratitude, Holy Week, Indignation, Martha and Mary, Monday of Holy Week, Provisioning
Today’s find: Palms, becalmed
Got my alarm set for Sunday morning, so that I can take advantage of the “drive-thru distribution” of blessed palms up at the parish.
And thus begins the oddest Holy Week I have ever experienced.
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Tags: Covid-19, Holy City, Holy Week, Hosanna, Jerusalem, Lamina, Old City Jerusalem, Palm frond, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday
