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Reflection for Saturday, April 19, 2014: Easter Vigil.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-04-19)
The Easter Vigil is one of the greatest liturgies of the Church year. In the early Church the community kept vigil for much of the night to await the dawn and to bring those joining the Christian community to the Sacraments ...
Reflection for April 13, 2014: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-04-13)
|Today we enter into Holy Week. The week is made holy by its celebration of Jesus' gift of himself to us and for us. Wednesday, we remember his betrayal. Thursday is a celebration of the gift of the Eucharist and a reflection ...
Reflection for Wednesday December 24, 2014: 4th week in Advent..
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-12-24)
|Here we are at Christmas Eve day. The readings remind us of the promise to David of a heir. They revisit the proclamation of Zachariah.|But, our hearts might be moving in three directions today.|The cultural pull to ...
Reflection for Thursday, March 18, 2004: 3rd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-03-18)
They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to me. Jer. 7||If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Ps. 95 |But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons, ...
Reflection for Friday, May 23, 2014: 5th week of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-05-23)
|"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you." John 15 |We've been reading the powerful words of Jesus to his disciples at the Last Supper. It has been a comforting and consoling invitation to "Remain in me, ...
Reflection for Saturday, November 5, 2011: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-11-05)
"No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."||One of the challenging characteristics of our time is the desire ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 2, 2014: 8th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-03-02)
|Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb?| Even should she forget, I will never forget you. Isaiah 49 |Rest in God alone, my soul. Psalm 62 |No one can serve two masters.| But seek ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 9, 2000: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-11-09)
St. John Lateran in Rome - Feast|This feast day always reminds me of what "church" is about. St. John Lateran in Rome is the Pope's parish in Rome. The Pope is also the Archbishop of Rome, and this is the "cathedral" church ...
Reflection for Saturday, November 6, 1999: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-06)
If you can trust people in little things, you can also trust them in greater. ... You cannot give yourself to God and money. ...||Jesus always goes to the heart of the matter. He never lets us get away with the temptation ...
Reflection for Sunday, January 5, 2014: Epiphany of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-01-05)
|Your light has come. ... Nations shall walk by your light. Isaiah 60| Lord, every nation on earth will adore you. Psalm 72 |The mystery was made known to me by revelation ... that the Gentiles are coheirs, members of the ...