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The Disciples of Fr. Frans
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first four paragraphs of "The Disciples of Fr. Frans"|I am writing these lines on the "Third Day," the third day after the death of my companion, Fr. Frans van der Lugt, S.J. the Dutch Jesuit who was assassinated ...
Beyond Giving Up Chocolate: Going Deeper in Lent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first four paragraphs of "Beyond Giving Up Chocolate"|From the time we were children, our first question for Lent was often, "What are you giving up for Lent?" Giving something up for these 40 days is a ...
Easter Joy for Everyday Life
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
More than just a day, the Church gives us a seven-week Easter season to celebrate. Yet sometimes our everyday lives feel so heavy that celebration is not a part of them. Critical illness in the family, loss of a job, ...
Praying Lent: Helping Little Children with Lent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from page one of "Praying Lent: Helping Little Children with Lent"|As parents of young children know, Lent can seem so "heavy" in comparison to the anticipation and excitement of preparing for Christmas. What can ...
Why Do We Use Ashes On Ash Wednesday?
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Ashes are placed on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday, in one of the most counter-cultural acts of our faith. It is done for two reasons: a personal act of remembrance and as a sign or a witness for others.|The ashes come ...
Choosing Lent, Acting Lent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first two paragraphs of "Choosing Lent, Acting Lent"|The reason that choosing and acting Lent is so important is that we are body-persons. We experience things with our senses, relish them with our imaginations ...
Beginning My Lenten Patterns
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first part of "Beginning My Lenten Patterns"|"Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over, and over again, expecting different results."|This saying, commonly used in 12 Step programs, reveals a ...
Realigning Our Priorities
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first two paragraphs of "Realigning Our Priorities"|All of us have, at one time or another, named certain things as our "priorities." From time to time, when we become aware of our not doing something that ...
Praying Lent: Reconciliation and Healing
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "Praying Lent: Reconciliation and Healing "|Lent is a wonderful time to celebrate the reconciling love and the healing graces our Lord offers us. Like all religious experience, it ...
Looking at Marriage During Lent: An Ideal Time for the Renewal of Our Marriages
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "Looking at Marriage During Lent"|Lent seems to be the ideal time to look at marriage. How does our Lent journey shape what we are called to do in marriage? |A few decades ago, the ...