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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 Monday, November 15, 1999: 33rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-15)
How badly do we want it? How much do we desire salvation and the love of Jesus? That's the question in today's gospel. The blind man sitting by the road outside of Jericho hears that Jesus is going by on his way to Jerusalem ...
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 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 Friday, April 11, 2008: 3rd week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-04-11)
A special gathering with family and friends often centers around food. Certainly any one of us could eat alone, using food as the fuel that will keep us going. But it is at a table filled with love and companionship as ...
Reflection for Monday, February 23, 2004: 7th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-02-23)
"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 Tuesday, March 1, 2005: 3rd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-03-01)
Here's a good exercise for our hearts today: Forgive someone.|Praying for the great grace to forgive someone can ease the strain on our hearts and when we finally feel that relief of letting go of our anger and hurt, a ...
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 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 Monday, August 30, 1999: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-30)
Being a parent is a wonderfully difficult job. There are so many extraordinary moments of pride, rewards, hugs, handpainted gifts and unimaginable love. First steps are followed at lightning speed by first days of school, ...