My youngest son, Daniel, is a senior at the University of Notre Dame. It feels like he just started college, and somehow he’s already graduating this May!!!

Julie, Diane, and I drove to Notre Dame over the weekend and had the opportunity to attend two wonderful events, one educational and the other a wild fun time!

On Saturday, Father Mike Schmitz (the priest who leads “The Bible in a Year” project) gave a wonderful presentation in the Notre Dame Basilica that highlighted several stories from the book of Genesis. Father Mike has a unique ability to share insights in an engaging way that is both serious and humorous.

For example, he discussed the story of how God created Adam from dirt. As the story goes, God decided to give Adam companionship by taking one of Adam’s ribs in order to create Eve. In response to the concern that this ‘origin story’ implies that women are somehow less important than men, Father Mike mentioned that someone told him: “At least women came from a human being, as opposed to men coming from dirt.” 🤣🤣🤣

In response to why the story describes Eve coming from Adam’s rib as opposed to another part of his body, Father Mike quoted the British minister, Reverend Matthew Henry:

Eve was not taken out of Adam’s head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.

Reverend Matthew Henry

Here’s Daniel, and yes, at 6’7″ he is a “little” taller than me 😀

Now for the fun part! Daniel’s dormitory at Notre Dame puts on an annual variety show called the “Keenan Revue.” This is the 48th consecutive year of the show. It is an amazing performance in which 200 of the boys participate in songs, dances, and comedy acts. We knew Daniel was performing in the Revue this year, but he didn’t tell us ahead of time what his part was going to be. So we were absolutely blown away when he showed up on stage with one of his classmates, Lucke, and broke out some dance moves unlike anything we’d seen him do before! 🤣🤣🤣

 

 

Many of you may have picked up on the fact that Daniel and Lucke were singing and dancing to “Soul Man” as the characters Elwood and Jake in a scene from “The Blues Brothers,” the famous 1980 comedy starring John Belucci and Dan Akyrod. I must admit, as crazy as the movie is, it is one of my very favorite movies. And I will leave you with one of the best scenes:

Okay, I cannot help myself….just one more scene! 🤣

And if you’re interested in watching Daniel and Lucke’s full act from the Keenan Revue, here’s the video:

Here’s wishing everyone a fantastic week!

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