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Reflection for Thursday, August 17, 2017: 19th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-08-17)
You could wonder a bit about what it means exactly to forgive seventy times seven. Perhaps the 491st time you can seek revenge or refuse mercy. That's okay, I guess, if you are interested in loopholes and being meticulous ...
Reflection for Sunday, July 3, 2016: 14th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-07-03)
Omaha, Nebraska, our city, is located in the center of the United States, half way between Chicago, on Lake Michigan, and Denver, on the shore of the Rocky Mountains. The interstate highway passes right through our city. ...
Reflection for Monday, August 15, 2016: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-08-15)
It is not merely an assumption that Mary's Assumption into heaven, body and soul is a fact. This doctrine of the Catholic Church is ancient and was held true by the earliest followers in the Church. There was a tomb and a ...
Reflection for Sunday, August 28, 2016: 22nd Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-08-28)
"Excuse me" has several meanings in polite company. It is used when bumping into somebody accidentally. It is employed to interrupt somebody who is speaking and the listener wishes to interject a thought or two. It is ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 4, 2001: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-03-04)
The Hebrew Scriptures are replete with stories, laws and songs intended to remind the people of Israel who they are. Moses gives many speeches confirming his followers in their identity.||Today Moses presents them with a ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 4, 2007: 2nd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-03-04)
PRE-PRAYERING || We are in a continual movement toward the Holy Mountain of the Eucharistic altar. Many churches have been built atop rises and hills to emphasize the "aboveness" of the Holy God. Amazing things happen in ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 4, 2012: 2nd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-03-04)
The grace we ask for in the Collect for today's Eucharistic liturgy has to do with our two senses of hearing and seeing. We pray to distinguish between the Word of God and projecting our selfish desires into God's Word. ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 5, 2000: 9th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-03-05)
This is the last Sunday of ordinary time before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the "joyful season of Lent." Our readings today center around the theme of the sacredness of time.|In Genesis, God rested on the seventh ...
Reflection for Thursday, March 4, 1999: 2nd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-03-04)
We hear the words of God speaking through the prophet Jeremiah in today's first reading during the Roman Catholic Liturgy. There are presented two geographical landscapes. The first represents those who trust only in ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 5, 2006: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-03-05)
PRE-PRAYERING|"Help us to understand the meaning of your Son's death and resurrection, and teach us to reflect it in our lives." These words are taken from the Opening Prayer of this Sunday's liturgy. So our prayer these ...