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Reflection for Tuesday, July 26, 2005: 17th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-07-26)
Today's liturgy offers us the paradox of God's intimacy or nearness, and the overwhelming power of God's glory.||In the memorial of Anne and Joachim, which tradition identifies as the parents of Mary and Grandparents of ...
Reflection for Thursday, July 29, 2004: 17th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-07-29)
My Mother used to say that Martha received a 'raw deal' from Luke the Gospel writer, and possibly from Jesus, himself. (She would have been careful about leveling any such charge at Jesus, however, respectful and full of ...
Reflection for Tuesday, November 1, 2005: All Saints, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-11-01)
As you begin this day extend a "happy Feast Day" greeting to all of your favorite Christians, this is the day to remember and imagine our salvation with great joy!|For a number of years I had the privilege of being the ...
Reflection for Friday, April 1, 2016: Octave of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-04-01)
By celebrating the event of Easter intensely for eight days and then steadily for a week of weeks (49 days) the Church wants to enable us to appreciate the infinite wonder that Easter represents in our Faith. It is through ...
Reflection for Wednesday, June 24, 2015: The Nativity of John the Baptist.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-06-24)
The LORD called me from birth, from my mother's womb he gave me my name." Isaiah 49|The birth of a new baby brings family and friends together to congratulate the new parents and to rejoice in the hope that birth brings ...
Reflection for Tuesday, February 16, 2016: 1st Week of Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-02-16)
This past fall, our new Creighton President, Fr. Daniel Hendrickson, chose a poem by the Jesuit poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, to illuminate his role as servant president. In the poem "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" the poet ...
Reflection for Wednesday, August 5, 2015: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-08-05)
Today's readings give us a clear message that the Lord is not happy with us if we are driven by fear rooted in lack of trust in God. In fact, we are told, God rewards behavior that is bold and confident in His compassion. |In ...
Reflection for Tuesday, September 29, 2015: Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-09-29)
Humans communicate their thoughts and feelings for one another in various media that we talk about as symbolic. Words, pictures, gestures, expressions and all kinds of things serve to express love and hate, reasoned thought ...
Reflection for Thursday, May 31, 2018: Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2018-05-31)
This feast is one of the older celebrations of Mary, built on a biblical text in Luke's gospel. The story is familiar – the young Mary has been visited by a messenger of God and not only invited to bear God's child to the ...
Reflection for Tuesday, October 11, 2016: 28th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-10-11)
Throughout the early autumn season here in the northern hemisphere, the Church's Ordinary Time is winding down and the imperative of authentically and fully following Christ, even to difficulty or death is a constant theme. ...