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Reflection for Sunday, August 29, 1999: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-29)
If you wish to come after me, you must deny yourself, and take up your cross and follow me.||For if you wish to save your life, you will lose it.|If you lose your life for my sake, you will save it.|What would it profit ...
Reflection for Tuesday, August 10, 1999: St. Lawrence.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-10)
If you sow sparingly you will reap sparingly, and if you sow bountifully you will reap bountifully.|| You must give according to what you have inwardly decided; not sadly, not grudgingly, |for God loves a cheerful giver. ...
Reflection for Sunday, August 8, 1999: 19th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-08)
Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus.|But when he saw how strong the wind was he became frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!"|Peter's encounter with Jesus is ...
Reflection for Sunday, August 15, 1999: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-15)
After speaking of the Church, her origin, mission, and destiny, we can find no better way to conclude than by looking to Mary. In her we contemplate what the Church already is in her mystery on her own "pilgrimage of faith," ...
Reflection for Tuesday, November 16, 1999: 33rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-16)
"Zacchaeus, you little thief, what are you doing up in that tree? Come on down here with the rest of us. You're afraid of us, aren't you? How ironic. You squeeze us for money, to send to your friends in Rome, but where ...
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, August 1, 1999: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-01)
Why do you spend your money on what is not bread, and your labor for what does not satisfy? - Is. 55 What will separate us from the love of Christ? - Rom. 8 Jesus said to them, "There is no need for them to go away; give ...
Reflection for Saturday, October 2, 1999: 26th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-10-02)
The readings today invite us to simply and completely turn to God in our need, particularly in times of distress. This is so wonderful to reflect upon today. Throughout the scriptures the angels are painted as larger than ...
Reflection for Thursday, September 9, 1999: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-09)
To you who hear me, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you; bless those who curse you and pray for those who maltreat you. When someone slaps you on one cheek, turn and give the other; when someone takes ...
Reflection for Friday, February 26, 1999: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-02-26)
"For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."|I always get re-oriented by these powerful words of Jesus. How could my holiness possibly ...