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Reflection for Thursday, September 5, 2002: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-09-05)
It had been a discouraging night for Simon Peter and his friends. They had been out all night on their boats and had caught nothing. As the weary men stood in the sand, leaning on their tiny fishing vessels, they talked ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 5, 2007: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-09-05)
Jesus "stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them." Luke 4:39||The story of Simon's mother-in-law has so many layers of warmth and depth. In Luke's gospel, Simon has not ...
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 Tuesday, September 15, 2009: 24th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-09-15)
" . . . and you yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."||Sometimes we come across people who have a special quality - an ability to listen deeply; a sense of peace in their lives; ...
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 Saturday, March 24, 2001 :Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-03-24)
A very wise Jesuit priest once listened to me talk about how I pray and asked me, "Where is the focus of your prayer - on you or on God?" I realized that I often prayed for what I wanted from God but rarely prayed to find ...
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 Tuesday, February 19, 2008: 2nd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-02-19)
"The scribes and the Pharisees... all their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels."Matthew 23||We may not know what a phylactery is or how to lengthen a tassel, but when ...
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 Monday, August 8, 2005: 19th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-08-08)
When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the temple tax?" Matt. 17:24||Sometimes Jesus' teaching revolves around practical common sense. In today's ...