Posts Tagged With: Ash Wednesday

Today’s find: HumbLent

Posted on February 17, 2021 by John Schroeder

The calendar said it was “Mardi Gras” as the Billlikens took to the court versus LaSalle last night. But all in all, Chaifetz Arena seemed to have more of an “Ash Wednesday” vibe going throughout the game.

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Today’s find: See-shore

Posted on February 27, 2020 by John Schroeder

Part of my ritual in tending to this blog is to change the “header” with each new liturgical season – so that the image atop the homepage of With Us Still…evokes (at least in my mind) the spirit of the season.

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Today’s find: Less of me

Posted on March 1, 2017 by John Schroeder

There’s a vile connection, I’ve noticed, between a certain pair of digital read-outs that are part of my daily routine.

Or perhaps it’s a ‘vital’ connection.

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Today’s find: Ashes

Posted on February 10, 2016 by John Schroeder

‘Fished my wish’ at Mass this morning.
Some background: I was suitably amused the other day to discover @BillDonahy’s ‘Catholic Guide To Ashes’ on the Twittersphere. Tickled enough, in fact, to retweet his graphic – along with a note that I most often experience ‘The Blob’ when the ashes are imposed.

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Today’s find: Hunger

Posted on March 6, 2014 by John Schroeder

They weren’t exactly terms of endearment, the first words my wife—my Paradise Partner—spoke to me this morning: ‘I’m hungry,’ she said. But I took no offense, because frankly, I resembled that remark.

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Today’s find: Beginning…with the end in sight.

Posted on March 5, 2014 by John Schroeder

The ashes were all around me at Mass this morning, and yet I found myself drawn to a different word in the liturgy.

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