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The bit of shade thrown by his boss?... by Kbyrnes

...We watched the virtual Class of 2020 commencement Sunday and at one point Fr. Jenkins compared the expectations that the graduates had had for their commencement weekend to the expectations they'd had as entering freshmen:

"Graduates, I now turn to you. 'Life is a blank page,' someone once said to me, 'You go to it to write one story, but you write another.'

"When you came to Notre Dame, the story you intended to write may have included a particular major, an uninterrupted string of successes, the image of someone who would be your best friend at school, Commencement on a sunny day in the stadium with a well-planned career ahead and, of course, a national championship in football.

"The story you wrote, though, included failures as well as successes, the acceptance of a disappointing weakness as well as the discovery of unknown talents, unlikely but profound friendships, a job search in the worst economy in a century and, of course, a national championship in women’s basketball."