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Reflection for Thursday, March 25, 2010 :Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-03-25)
In the Feast of the annunciation, the Church celebrates the wondrous proclamation of the fullness of God's saving will. The rich banquet of biblical texts assigned to today's Mass provides extraordinary insight into the ...
Reflection for Friday, March 25, 2011: Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-03-25)
It is always a striking juxtaposition to celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation in the heart of the Lenten fast. In the midst of the desert we come upon this wondrous feast with all its Christmas resonance. But if we paid ...
Reflection for Saturday, November 9, 2013: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-11-09)
Today's liturgical celebration, which is a major feast day of the Church, provides a meditation itself even before we consider the readings and their wonderful images. What does it mean to celebrate this specific place?||The ...
Reflection for Tuesday, April 8, 2014: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-04-08)
Throughout the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, the one engaging the process of prayer is counseled to continuously ask for specific graces that he desires. But before he can desire something he has to see clearly ...
Reflection for Tuesday, March 16, 2004: 3rd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-03-16)
There is no more central concept to the Christian Faith than Reconciliation. The necessity for forgiveness from God and the mandate from God for forgiveness of fellow human beings resides in the heart of the Gospel. But ...
Reflection for Tuesday, November 4, 2008: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-11-04)
Today in the United States we bring the quadrennial process of electing citizens to lead our government for two, four, or six years of service. This particular campaign process has been remarkably long, contentious and ...
Reflection for Friday, March 26, 2004: 4th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-03-26)
As many of us have been reminded by the Church, the season of Lent is first of all about preparing the catechumens for Baptism (birth into Christ life) and secondly about the rest of us who are already baptized, allowing ...
Reflection for Tuesday, February 8, 2011: 5th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-02-08)
In these early weeks of Ordinary Time, Cycle 1, the Church begins a semi-continuous reading of the Book of Genesis in the daily lectionary. "In the beginning . . . "we began yesterday, and today we hear proclaimed the ...
Reflection for Saturday, June 28, 2014: Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-06-28)
|The Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is one of the interesting "diptychs" that crop up during the liturgical year, nearly always in relationship to a Feast of Solemnity of the Lord. A diptych is two paintings which ...
Reflection for Monday, November 10, 2014: 32nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-11-10)
|In a class not long ago, a student asked me what single behavior was the most important for a Catholic to practice, in order to be faithful to the Christian vocation. I am not sure what the young person was expecting me ...