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Reflection for Sunday, September 5, 1999: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-05)
"Brothers and sisters, owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law." Paul writes this opening line of this Sunday's second reading holding back nothing with 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 Monday, September 6, 1999: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-06)
I like to think of myself as organized and 'together' but even I know that really isn't true. My constant struggle each day to fit 30 hours of activities into 24 means that I am always on the run, always slightly behind ...
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 Friday, September 10, 1999: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-10)
OUTSIDE HELP||When I hear Jesus say, "How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the splinter from your eye,' and do not see the wooden beam in your own eye?", I get mad. I want to say, "Call it a wooden beam ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 12, 1999: 24th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-12)
"Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight." We easily agree to that saying from Sirach in our first reading for this Sunday's liturgy. We agree, that is, until we feel less than loving towards ...
Reflection for Tuesday, September 14, 1999: Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-14)
Have you ever had one of those days where life felt like it was too much? You know, the expectations were too demanding, the struggles too insurmountable, the pain too much. Recently, I have been with some people I love ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 15, 1999: 24th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-15)
"When Christ was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to God, who was able to save him from death."||Some of us have had the experience of our mothers telling us not to cry, to be ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 16, 1998: 24th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1998-09-16)
It is one of those passages that is on the "most favored" lists of many people. It is certainly one of my favorite New Testament readings. The passage is familiar because it is used so frequently at weddings. The passage ...
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 ...