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Reflection for Wednesday, April 12, 2000: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-04-12)
"No slave has a permanent place in the family, but the Son has a place there forever. That is why if the Son frees you, you will really be free."|Most of us think that we are free. We live in a free republic with a cherished ...
Reflection for Wednesday, April 13, 2011: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-04-13)
First: Aren't the names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego terrific? Makes you want to go get 3 cats just so you could give them these names.|OK. Now to the (mostly) serious part.|Today's readings are about holding fast, ...
Reflection for Thursday, March 17, 2016: 5th Week of Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-03-17)
I pray that your Lent experience thus far in 2016 has been a special time to enter into a deeper relationship with Jesus! If not, the good news is that there is still time and Jesus is lovingly waiting.|I oftentimes feel ...
Reflection for Wednesday, March 16, 2016: 5th Week of Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-03-16)
There weren't any angels with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego when they boldly stood up to King Nebuchadnezzar. They still weren't present when those men walked into the furnace. They had no visual evidence of their safety, ...
Reflection for Wednesday, March 16, 2005: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-03-16)
Today's scriptures are an incredible contrast in how people accept God's guidance and do His will. From Daniel, the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (you gotta love those names). A story of incredible faith in the ...
Reflection for Wednesday, April 9, 2003: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-04-09)
Today's gospel narrative is puzzling in its development. The exchange is presented as stemming from a remark Jesus makes "to those Jews who believed in him," yet, as the argument evolves, Jesus is clearly addressing ...
Reflection for Wednesday, March 24, 1999: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-03-24)
"When the heart is hard and parched up,| come upon me with a shower of mercy.||When grace is lost from life, |come with a burst of song.|When tumultuous work raises its din on all sides|shutting me out from the beyond,|come ...
Reflection for Wednesday, April 5, 2006: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-04-05)
Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him: "If you live according to my teaching, you are truly my disciples; then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."||Freedom must be near the top of our top ten ...
Reflection for Wednesday, April 1, 2009: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-04-01)
I have always loved the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, which I learned as a youngster. The Statler Brothers used to sing a gospel song about this story, which contained this chorus:||They wouldn't bend They held ...
Reflection for Wednesday, March 20, 2013: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-03-20)
A sinkhole beneath a house in Florida opens, and the sleeping homeowner disappears underground forever. The seemingly solid earth was an illusion. In a rather difficult teaching in today's Gospel, Jesus rejects "those Jews ...