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Skipping Easter - Dr. Lawrence Ventline
Copyright © 2019 by Dr. Lawrence Ventline.
ISBN: Softcover 978-1-7960-2068-7
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CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Skipping Easter
About The Author
To
Kenneth Untener
A Breath of Fresh Air
FOREWORD
By Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, D.D.
Detroit, Michigan
January 17, 2013
T his story about Skipping Easter had me wondering at first, but, when I began reading the short, simple but so human anecdotes that run through the book, I began to see how things are not always as they seem. Like Easter, and Father Larry Ventline’s proposal to skip it this year. Then, he draws the reader into the importance of celebrating the Holy Week events of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday.
His thought about going to Easter Island near Chile, for Easter is fascinating but hardly enough for him to finally skip Easter, after all.
The stories here connect us with the city where he grew up and which he loves. It is easy to remember with him the streets and neighborhoods, factories and schools, ethnic and racial groups and all the vibrant life of Detroit in the last five decades.
The stories are so very human. But there is always a presence of God in them because the author lives in that presence himself and all that he experiences in events and people necessarily includes an active awareness that God is part of everything and everyone in our life. Without realizing it immediately we discover as we read these stories that we are being provided with spiritual guidance and nourishment.
Sometimes, I am sure, we all need explicit and very straight forward spiritual direction. But for an easy and gentle intrusion of the spiritual into our lives we could not find anything much better than connecting with the people, events, issues, and need to celebrate the Easter season that Fr. Ventline writes about. As we read, we find ourselves moving with him into rich spiritual reflections.
I hope that many people manage to discover this book dedicated to the late Bishop Ken Untener who worried about our culture and time losing the Triduum of Holy Week.
"Coaches can get too focused on results
and winning, so it’s good to step back
and let go of things a little bit. I just try
to change the things I can, accept the
things I can’t, and pray I have the wisdom
to know the difference between the two.
I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do
the best you can, and always show people
you care."
- Lou Holtz, Head Coach at Notre Dame
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Guardinan of Your Soul: A Class in Acceptance (Notes of Edward D. Popielarz),
Soul Stuff: A Class in Acceptance Workbook,
A Pearl A Day: Wise Sayings for Living Well,
Stormy, Stilling Stories: Confessions of a Parish Priest,
Story Hungry: Roots, Relationships, Reflections,
Securing Serenity in Troubling Times: Living One Day at a Time
Cries of the People: Ministry Matters Mostly Personal with Practical Hints, Helps and Stories to Savor,
A Dump, A Fresh Garden, and One’s Worth (Family-Illustrated Edition),
The Witness Value of the Visit of Pope John Paul II to Detroit, MI., USA: Its Meaning and Message, and,
Tale So True of My Chrismas Tree: Everything Belongs In Our World.
INTRODUCTION
M y twin sister, Patti, and I, must have skipped home from Lynch School on Palmetto Street near Van Dyke Avenue faster that day than most. In fact, he would have been proud