By Fr. Justin Fulton
Golf is a game that has a lot of parallels in the spiritual life. One of the things I love about golf is that we can have a round full of bad shots. And then all of the sudden we have one good shot and we are hooked for another round or two.
We only need a little bit of success to keep us going in golf. And in our walk with Christ we mess up all the time, yet we simply need to allow Him to pick us up and carry us on His way. Golf and the spiritual life are humbling and as we know from the Cross, humility opens up the gates of Heaven.
A couple of weeks ago I had an opportunity to golf my first round of the year at an old favorite of mine, Tecumseh Country Club in Tecumseh. I won’t comment on the round. But after the round between red beer #1 and red beer #2 (a Nebraska favorite, red beers—tomato juice poured into beer), my cousin and I met a hero.
A woman by the name of Missy Fleck talked with us for a bit and when she figured out our last name was ‘Fulton’ she asked if we had a relative who writes articles in a Catholic newspaper. Well, she pieced together it was actually me and I told her I would get an article out of it—so, Missy, here is your article!
Missy is a hero. She is a registered nurse, PhD, servant-leader, and an assistant professor of nursing for UNMC. Yet before all of that she is a child of God. Throughout the pandemic she has remained selfless, sacrificing her well-being on behalf of the sick. With courage and faith, she is practicing virtue nourishing, sustaining, and fostering a culture of life. Missy attends St. Andrew in Tecumseh and is a modern-day apostle.
Like Missy, CSS is on the front lines of the pandemic. We are expanding our food services in Lincoln to include breakfasts for the hungry in addition to our lunch time sack lunches. We are now also providing dinners on Sunday nights. In both the breakfast and Sunday night dinner instances, we partner with a local business or food truck and pay them to safely make delicious meals for the homeless and working poor. Needy people receive a chit in order to get a meal. In this way we are building bridges in the community by helping a small business owner who is hurting during the pandemic, safely helping feed the hungry who are hurting in the pandemic, and also connecting humans (in a safe and socially-distant way) who are craving for interaction during the pandemic. Those who can afford to pay for a meal are welcome and invited down on Sunday nights to help out that business owner and eat with some of the people we help! If you want to volunteer or meet and feed a needy person at the Sunday night food truck festivals, contact Jeremy Sousek at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Thank you for your support of CSS. May God bless us always!
