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Reflection for Monday, October 10, 2016: 28th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-10-10)
Both readings take the faithful to a new level – a new covenant with Abraham in the Epistle and the fulfillment of Salvation History through Jesus Christ in the Gospel. Abraham will have descendants as numerous as the stars ...
Reflection for Monday, October 11, 2004: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-10-11)
Today's scriptures are an interesting mix. Paul tells the Galatians that for freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. The psalmist sings blessed be the name of the Lord ...
Reflection for Monday, October 11, 2010: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-10-11)
Back in 1978, the German Theologian, Karl Rahner, SJ, published a text in which he placed himself in the "voice" of St. Ignatius Loyola speaking to the human community of the 20th Century. It is an imaginative and daring ...
Reflection for Monday, October 16, 2000: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-10-16)
So many times in Scripture people ask Jesus to do something sensational to prove he really was the anointed one of God. They missed the fact that the greatest sign God could send was Jesus Himself. As long ago, Jonah was ...
Reflection for Monday, October 15, 2012: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-10-15)
"I will pick that up at the store . . . " "I will call you back tomorrow . . . " "I will seek your will, O God . . . " Today's gospel shows Jesus perturbed with "this evil generation that seeks a sign." No sign will be ...
Reflection for Monday, October 14, 2002: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-10-14)
What enslaves you? We are all slaves to something, or many things. For those of us in our American consumer society, the "good life" can become an enslavement as our desire for more and more drives our lives. Some of us ...
Reflection for Monday, October 13, 2008: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-10-13)
In our daily life, we struggle with those things that causes us to stumble or to succeed. The ability to exercise our freedom to learn and live as a Christian should become more paramount. Jesus came not to do away with ...
Reflection for Monday, October 13, 2014: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-10-13)
|Our readings for today challenge us to look at the legitimacy of who we are and what is expected of us because of that. We are people of "the promise." While Abraham has two "sets" of descendants, it is only those ...
Reflection for Monday, October 12, 2020: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-10-12)
|The Christian liturgy was first practiced and then flourished in the northern hemisphere. Israel, the birthplace of Christianity is in the northern half of the globe and the proclamation of the Gospel moved out of the ...
Reflection for Monday October 15, 2018: 28th Week of Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2018-10-15)
I was speaking with a close friend recently who was sharing some current challenges in raising her teenage children. In my listening, I came to hear that a core element of some of this conflict was a difference in perspective ...