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Reflection for April 7, 1999: Wednesday in the Octave of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-04-07)
Today's readings are extraordinarily rich. In image, in meaning, in real life application. The reading from Acts recalls the dust, heat, and noise of Jerusalem, the grandeur of the temple mount, the people who would have ...
Reflection for Tuesday, August 3, 1999: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-03)
Humans are fearful, doubting creatures sometimes. We see something coming and we don't know what it is, so we are afraid; when first told that it's not a bad thing, we doubt. "Are you sure?" we say. "How can we tell?"||Christ ...
Reflection for Thursday, February 25, 1999: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-02-25)
Shakespeare wrote, "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." Queen Esther, in the first reading of today's Roman Catholic liturgy, cries out to God seeking, knocking, pleading, because her enemies are approaching and ...
Reflection for Friday, August 27, 1999: 21st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-27)
It's really easy for humans to despair, for there seems to be so much to despair about. All we have to do is look at recent news from Atlanta, Littleton, Paducah, or even here in Omaha. Every time I read or here about the ...
Reflection for Saturday, September 4, 1999: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-04)
Last night I picked tomatoes and eggplants and peppers from our garden (and in turn provided sustenance to the hordes of flood hatched mosquitoes which have recently inhabited our area). The pears are ripe and the apples ...
Reflection for Thursday, September 9, 1999: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-09)
To you who hear me, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you; bless those who curse you and pray for those who maltreat you. When someone slaps you on one cheek, turn and give the other; when someone takes ...
Reflection for Sunday, February 21, 1999: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-02-21)
A friend used to tell a story of how he and his best friend were sitting in a train station in Germany talking explicitly about the nature of their struggles and temptations, taking for granted that no one would bother to ...
Reflection for February 20, 1999: Saturday after Ash Wednesday.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-02-20)
Every year I've struggled with the problem of what to "give up" for Lent. The year I gave up Pepsi I ended up with a very nasty caffeine withdrawal headache. The year I gave up meat I ended up making a permanent lifestyle ...
Reflection for April 8, 1999: Thursday in the Octave of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-04-08)
We hear in today's celebration of the Roman Catholic liturgy an emphasis, the scriptures have been fulfilled with the death and resurrection of Jesus.|During these next weeks of Eastertide, we will be watching the early ...
Reflection for Sunday, October 3, 1999: 27th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-10-03)
We are in the fall of the year in our part of the world. Apples and pumpkins, beans and corn, zucchini and squash are being gathered and prepared for winter's dinners. It is the fruitful time for this bounteous nation.||Paul ...