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Reflection for Sunday, December 12, 1999: Our Lady of Guadalupe.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-12-12)
"Rejoice always!" It is the third Sunday and the Church asks us to be gladly grateful as the time of our celebrating His coming draws nearer.||Today's liturgy's first reading is a bold proclamation of the prophet Isaiah ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 19, 1999: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-19)
All three readings of this Sunday's liturgy really should be read while upside-down. God's ways are so different from our own.||We hear the prophet Isaiah remind us that as high as the sky is above the earth, God's ways ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 26, 1999: 26th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-26)
I recently asked a group of first-year students at Creighton to give me some adjectives for the word, "Jesuit." After they assured me they knew what an adjective was, they were not quite as assured about what a Jesuit was. ...
Reflection for Sunday, December 5, 1999: 2nd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-12-05)
"Prepare the way of the Lord." We are introduced again to the familiar Advent readings during the liturgy of this second week of Advent. Words like, "repent" and the appearance of John the Baptist heighten a spirit or sense ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 12, 1999: 24th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-12)
"Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight." We easily agree to that saying from Sirach in our first reading for this Sunday's liturgy. We agree, that is, until we feel less than loving towards ...
Reflection for Thursday, February 25, 1999: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-02-25)
Shakespeare wrote, "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." Queen Esther, in the first reading of today's Roman Catholic liturgy, cries out to God seeking, knocking, pleading, because her enemies are approaching and ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 5, 1999: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-05)
"Brothers and sisters, owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law." Paul writes this opening line of this Sunday's second reading holding back nothing with the ...
Reflection for Thursday, March 4, 1999: 2nd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-03-04)
We hear the words of God speaking through the prophet Jeremiah in today's first reading during the Roman Catholic Liturgy. There are presented two geographical landscapes. The first represents those who trust only in ...
Reflection for Sunday, October 10, 1999: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-10-10)
"On this mountain," and "On this day," are the words of Isaiah telling of the advent of the Messiah's great appearance. There are promises of a wonderful feast and a tearless happiness. For those who have looked for the ...
Reflection for Thursday, March 11, 1999: 3rd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-03-11)
We hear the voice of God speaking to God's beloved people, in today's first reading from the Roman Catholic Liturgy. It is the ancient call of God to "listen to My voice, then I will be your God and you shall be My ...