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Reflection for Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 32nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-11-12)
Today's gospel can sound startling and uncomfortable to a rational, Western mind like mine. Jesus' story uses the social structure of his time to make a point. You wouldn't invite your servant to sit down at the table and ...
Reflection for Tuesday, October 10, 2000: 27th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-10-10)
My life is a little hectic. My husband and I both work, our kids are in high school and each day of our family calendar is filled in with games, school meetings, and what feels like a dozen other events. I'm a very busy ...
Reflection for Friday, April 12, 2002: 2nd week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-04-12)
What did those apostles eat for breakfast that morning? Was there some special food they ate that suddenly gave them such courage? In today's first reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we see the same friends of Jesus ...
Reflection for Friday, August 9, 2002: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-08-09)
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me." Matthew 16|Some time during the 1960s, wedding vows changed. Instead of the traditional "Love, honor and obey" the words were changed ...
Reflection for Monday, August 9, 1999: 19th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-09)
When my son reads a book, he gets lost. Oblivious to the world around him, he will become so engrossed in the story in his hands, that he doesn't hear doorbells, conversations or the normal clatter of life in a busy home. ...
Reflection for March 5, 2003: Ash Wednesday.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-03-05)
Remember, you are dust, and to dust you will return.|Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel.|When I was in grade school, I remember Ash Wednesday as a melancholy day. The nuns who taught us were unusually somber ...
Reflection for Wednesday, February 10, 2010: 5th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-02-10)
My husband and I were once invited to join a Jewish family for Passover dinner in their home. We loved the stories behind each course and every ritual and it gave me a better sense of my own faith. To someone unfamiliar ...
Reflection for Thursday, February 17, 2000: 6th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-02-17)
"You are not judging by God's standards but by man's!" Mark 8:33|Several years ago, a group of American attorneys and judges went on a religious retreat to the Dominican Republic. Part of the retreat included being hosted ...
Reflection for Sunday, May 25, 2014: 6th week of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-05-25)
|Then the apostles laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. |Although there have been times in my life when I never had a clear picture of the Spirit's place in my life, the older I get, the more I can feel ...
Reflection for Saturday, March 24, 2001 :Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-03-24)
A very wise Jesuit priest once listened to me talk about how I pray and asked me, "Where is the focus of your prayer - on you or on God?" I realized that I often prayed for what I wanted from God but rarely prayed to find ...