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Reflection for Tuesday, November 5, 2002: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-11-05)
"A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. '|Come, everything is now ready.' |But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves."||On this day, in Jesuit communities and parishes around the world, we celebrate ...
Reflection for Monday, November 5, 2001: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-11-05)
God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. ... |For from him and through him and for him all things are: To him be glory forever. Romans 11 |Lord, in your great love, answer me. Psalm 69| No, when you have a reception, ...
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, March 19, 2005: St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-03-19)
It is difficult to ask, "What kind of husband was Joseph?" The answer seems irretrievably hidden in what we can't know. But, upon reflection, asking God's Spirit to inspire us and show us what God would like to show us ...
Reflection for Thursday, February 12, 2009: 5th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-02-12)
I love this story. Jesus is so clever and so much always the teacher. In one story after another in Mark, Jesus is surprising his observers - who are primarily his disciples. He is showing them how the Kingdom of God is ...
Reflection for Saturday, March 1, 2003: 7th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-03-01)
There is something really delightful and very challenging about today's picture of Jesus embracing little children.||As we've been reading Mark's gospel these past weeks, it is easy to see how frustrated Jesus must have ...
Reflection for Wednesday, March 1, 2000: 8th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-03-01)
Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest. Mark 10:43 The Son of Man has not come to be served but to serve -- to give his life in ransom for the many. Mark 10:45|I used to be fairly surprised by the ...
Reflection for Friday, August 31, 2001: 21st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-08-31)
so you must learn to make still greater progress. I Thes. 4|The foolish ones, in taking their torches, brought no oil along, but the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their torches. ...|The moral is: keep your ...
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, February 13, 2004: 5th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-02-13)
"He put his finger into the man's ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; ||then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!") |And immediately the man's ears were opened, his ...