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Reflection for Wednesday, November 3, 1999: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-03)
The commandments . . . are all summed up in this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' - Romans 13:9||If anyone comes to me without turning his back on ["hating" in some translations] his father and mother, his wife ...
Reflection for Monday, November 8, 1999: 32nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-08)
Well, my Protestant side is showing. I had not heard of the Book of Wisdom. Now at this point my wife would make some wise crack about my lack of wisdom. However, my lack of wisdom not withstanding, today's verses abound ...
Reflection for Friday, November 12, 1999: 32nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-12)
For Our Meditation |"For all men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God,| And who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing Him who is,| and from studying the works did not discern the artisan: |But ...
Reflection for Saturday, March 20, 1999: 4th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-03-20)
Today's readings are both about recognizing God and responding appropriately to God. In the preceding passages in Jeremiah, God tells Jeremiah to remind the people that they have ignored God's covenant and rules. They ...
Reflection for Thursday, February 11, 1999: 5th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-02-11)
A beautiful story is told us in today's first reading during the Eucharistic liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church. The first reading from the first book of the Hebrew Scriptures continues the story of creation. Man and ...
Reflection for Thursday, March 25, 1999 :Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-03-25)
It is three months today since Christmas and so it is the day the Catholic Church celebrates the day of Mary's conceiving of Jesus. "Sacrifice and offerings You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me." It is ...
Reflection for Tuesday, November 9, 1999: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-09)
We Are Sacred and Holy||I appreciate how the daily scripture readings chosen by the Church cycle around. Each time they come around we have the potential to gain new insights from the scriptures. Today's readings are ...
Reflection for Tuesday, February 9, 1999: 5th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-02-09)
The beautiful story of creation, as told in the book of Genesis, invites this consideration: "How is God laboring in the present moment in all things and in all creatures to love me lavishly?"||Jesus' Spirit as Creator did ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 4, 1999: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-04)
These are fascinating and familiar readings. We are told that tax collectors and sinners are "listening" to Jesus and that the "Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling ... " as he told of the shepherd who, missing one ...
Reflection for Sunday, November 14, 1999: 33rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-11-14)
Today's first reading may sound as if it should be Mothers Day. Wisdom is pictured as a "worthy wife." The image reveals much more about the loving God than any concept of a classic spouse.||The gospel centers around a ...