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Reflection for Thursday, December 16, 2010: 3rd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-12-16)
"For a brief moment I abandoned you but with great tenderness I will take you back. In an outburst of wrath for a moment I hid my face from you; But with enduring love I take pity on you, says the LORD, your redeemer."||Today ...
Reflection for Friday, December 17, 2010: 3rd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-12-17)
They Brought Us to this Place|Jesus is born of Mary but his lineage traces back through Joseph. Before Jesus' birth in Matthew's gospel comes the genealogy of names, familiar and strange. A guiding thread runs through the ...
Reflection for Friday, December 16, 2011: 3rd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-12-16)
We sit in what seems to be a growing darkness in the world, and we increasingly recognize that we are helpless to truly change our situation. Whether we be Christians or not, we almost literally await a savior from elsewhere, ...
Reflection for Monday, December 16, 2013: 3rd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-12-16)
The One We Await||The religious leaders who question Jesus about his authority are silenced when Jesus, in turn, questions them about the origin of John's baptism. They are caught between fear of "looking bad" for not ...
Reflection for Tuesday, July 26, 2011: 17th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-07-26)
Today's scripture readings speak to me of the fear of God and personal accountability. In Exodus, Moses speaks to God face to face. We hear of God's loving kindness and forgiveness, but (there's always that but) we also ...
Reflection for Monday, July 26, 2010: 17th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-07-26)
The readings we have for today are rich in images and symbolisms, layered with meaning, and challenge our notion of where and how and when we find the Kingdom of heaven. I'm sure Saints Anne and Joachim, Mary's parents and ...
Reflection for Thursday, July 26, 2012: 16th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-07-26)
"They just don't get it." How many times have you heard someone describe a group with whom they disagree with this stinging yet ultimately unhelpful dismissal? (Perhaps you, like me, have uttered those words yourself?) ...
Reflection for Friday, July 26, 2013: 16th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-07-26)
Initially this parable appears straightforward. The call is to listen in my heart and respond properly to the "word of the Kingdom". It is even appears simpler in conjunction with the first reading. God's plan to draw ...
Reflection for Sunday, July 31, 2011: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-07-31)
PRE-PRAYERING || Today is the feast of the founder of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. In 1556 Ignatius, formerly of the castle of Loyola in the north of Spain, died for the last time. He lived his early life totally ...
Reflection for Wednesday, July 31, 2013: St. Ignatius of Loyola.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-07-31)
Today marks an important feast day for those of us associated with Jesuit education: the Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus and writer of the Spiritual Exercises, a man whose life ...