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Reflection for Monday, November 22, 2004: 34th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-11-22)
|WIDOW'S MIGHT|Revelations gives us a vision of "Companions of Jesus," unblemished persons with the Lamb of God. Which of us can say s/he is unblemished? Whose heart is clean?|In the l980s "styles of faith" were a popular ...
Reflection for Monday, November 27, 2007: 34th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-11-27)
What does the poor widow in today's Gospel have to do with the vision in the Book of Revelation? The vision speaks of those who follow the Lamb, "on their lips no deceit has been found; they are unblemished."||We associate ...
Reflection for Monday, November 21, 2006: Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (34th week in Ordinary Time).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-11-21)
The Young and the Poor|They were young during the invasion that left their people captive. Sent into exile to serve the conqueror Nebuchadnezzar, they are surrounded by wealth and opportunity. Dislocation and privilege do ...
Reflection for Monday, November 26, 2001: 34th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-11-26)
I need to reflect continually on Jesus' story of the Widow's Mite. Too often I find myself judging others -- especially "street people" -- harshly using society's standards and judging by externals. In this story Jesus ...
Reflection for Monday, November 23, 2009: 34th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-11-23)
Most teachers use repetition every now and then to reinforce important concepts, especially when they think their students are not "getting" it. They look around the classroom, and if they see telltale blank stares and ...
Reflection for Monday, November 24, 2003: 34th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-11-24)
Today we are confronted with three examples of risky-even costly-choices made by people trying to be faithful to their God. There's the story from Daniel about the four Hebrew lads going vegetarian rather than "breaking ...