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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 April 4, 2012: Wednesday of Holy Week.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-04-04)
"Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."||Today's gospel is a most intimate scene. Jesus and his closest followers gather around the table for Passover. This family ritual was likely a cherished part of their Jewish ...
Reflection for Monday, September 4, 2000: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-09-04)
"Is this not Joseph's son?"|In today's gospel we see Jesus facing one of his toughest audiences: the people from his hometown who knew him the best. He revisits his boyhood synagogue and reads from scripture, "The spirit ...
Reflection for Monday, February 20, 2012: 7th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-02-20)
"As Jesus came down from the mountain with Peter, James, John ..." It is this first line that makes the story "shocking." Peter, James and John had just come from the vision of Jesus transfigured before them. Moses and ...
Reflection for Saturday, September 10, 2005: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-09-10)
"But the one who listens and does not act | is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. |When the river burst against it, |it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed." |Luke 6:49||When ...
Reflection for Thursday, February 16, 2006: 6th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-02-16)
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. Mark 8:33||My niece, Samantha, is going to college ...
Reflection for Friday, October 1, 1999: 26th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-10-01)
Today's celebration of Therese of Lisieux takes a look at the life of a young woman extraordinary in her simplicity and humanness. Her autobiography Story of a Soul takes us from her childhood as a pampered and adored young ...
Reflection for April 5, 2007: Holy Thursday.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-04-05)
Today as I write this, our campus is reeling from the shock of losing a member of our Jesuit community. In the middle of last night, Fr. Don Driscoll, S.J. had a heart attack and died. He was a beloved priest, a warm and ...
Reflection for April 5, 2010: Monday in the Octave of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-04-05)
"Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed. . . . "||From the moment we are born, we are brought into a world of the unknowns - and fear becomes a part of our lives. Today's ...
Reflection for Tuesday, February 23, 1999: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-02-23)
I had a powerful lesson in forgiveness last summer, taught to me by Michael, a remarkable young man who is mentally handicapped. In the short time I had gotten to know Michael, his sparkling eyes, infectious laugh and ...