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Reflection for Wednesday, September 5, 2012: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-09-05)
The readings today are filled with a glimpse of real humanity both in the life of Jesus and in the early Church. No matter how much we want to envision the warmth and love of the earliest Christians for one another, they ...
Reflection for Monday, February 27, 2012: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-02-27)
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink..."|Matthew 25 is a wonderful place to start our Lent journey because of its loving vision of care for others. Jesus' words have such power to ...
Reflection for Wednesday, December 11, 2013: 2nd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-12-11)
"Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these things." Isaiah 40||My To Do list is filled - always. I revise it, add to it and proudly cross things off of it. I have perfected a system that combines my lists on ...
Reflection for March 10, 2011: Thursday after Ash Wednesday
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-03-10)
"Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."|In two paragraphs, today's Gospel gives us a summary of the life of following Jesus. It will not always be easy and it ...
Reflection for Wednesday, August 15, 2012: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-08-15)
[622] Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab Psalm 45:10bc, 11, 12ab, 16|Mary looked over at John writing at his table and smiled. He had always looked so young and the years had not aged him very much. She could understand why ...
Reflection for Monday, January 13, 2014: 1st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-01-13)
Today we celebrate the return of Ordinary Time in the Church. The Christmas season ended yesterday with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and our ordinary days seem to begin again. The Church calls it “Ordinary Time” ...
Reflection for Wednesday, February 26, 2014: 7th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-02-26)
The message of Jesus is so very simple, but often I don’t want to hear it. Help the poor, love my enemies and don’t be so obsessed with wealth and power. All wonderful ideas and ones I cheer with my whole heart. Well, ...
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 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 April 21, 2014: Monday in the Octave of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-04-21)
Yesterday was the glorious feast of Easter joy. Today the churches are quieter as we begin to return to “normal” life. But what can be “normal” after Easter? Can we be the same people we were before the passion, death ...