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Reflection for February 15, 2018: Thursday after Wednesday.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2018-02-15)
|Maundy Thursday is the last official day of Lent. "Maundy" comes from the Latin term,"mandatum" -"command" -which Jesus uses in commanding the Apostles to wash each others feet as He has done. (John, 13,14-15) We call ...
Centering
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2016-04-12)
I visited recently a family whose backyard was a snow-covered steep hill. A path had been molded so that a flat plastic sled could be sat in for a quite thrilling plunge for persons of any age and any degree of trust. I ...
Indulgences and Annoyances
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2015-05-12)
During the recent Christmas-holiday time, I experienced several minor indiscretions in the various areas of cookie containers, cake plates, candy boxes, and even the much-maligned fruitcake tin. They were minor, because I ...
Old and New
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2015-01-13)
The old this is now the new that. This seems to apply mainly to bodily age and probably is true with increased health aids and physical exercise. When applied to bodily attractiveness there might be something new as well. ...
Making Waves
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2014-04-15)
I was sitting recently on the end of a pier at a beautiful lake in northern Wisconsin. A quite large speed boat zoomed by and a little while later its noisy waves began slapping my contemplative shore. Then a canoe with ...
Munch Munch
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2015-12-15)
I have decided to not eat anything today until this Glimpse is finished. No, it is not shortly after midnight. I am hungry and so this might be shorter than usual. I would advise the reader to experience a little not-eating ...
Between a Rock
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2016-02-16)
Perhaps you have visited Mount Rushmore near Rapid City, South Dakota. Carved upon a granite shield are four faces of former presidents of the United States. It is named after a New York attorney who while touring the area, ...
Who's In?
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2014-12-16)
Do kids, now-a-days choose up baseball sides as we did, long ago? The boys in my neighborhood would circle around and one would take a bat, hold it vertically and toss it that way to the fellow representing the other side ...
Thanksliving
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2015-09-15)
The first five years of my Jesuit life we celebrated the Eucharist very early in the morning in a chapel just down the corridor from the refectory and its adjoining kitchen. Mass lasted thirty minutes and the next fifteen ...
What's for Lunch?
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2015-08-25)
More than several times I have been late for lunch in our community's dining room. Upon meeting several of my Jesuit brothers out in the hall, I have asked them "What's for lunch?" Their spontaneous answer is that they ...