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Reflection for Saturday, July 28, 2001: 16th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-07-28)
A wonderful field. Planted with wheat. Then, an enemy plants weed seed in the same field. What a great image for our world!||Jesus knows that we have an instinctive sense that wants us to "weed out" those who are different ...
Reflection for Monday, July 28, 2003: 17th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-07-28)
"The kingdom of Heaven is like this..."||After all of these years, it just "hit me" what the parables of the mustard seed and the yeast in the dough are all about. I always knew they are about Jesus' hopeful, good-news ...
Reflection for Monday, July 28, 2008: 17th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-07-28)
There are powerful images in the readings today. God does an earthy demonstration for Jeremiah. Using a very memorable image - God is as close to Israel as a loin cloth is close to our bodies - God has Jeremiah put his ...
Reflection for Friday, September 29, 2000: Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-09-29)
I love reflecting upon this day. There is a strange, popular fascination with angels today - at least in our secular North American culture. A search of the web, or any religious book store, will turn up lots of angel ...
Reflection for Friday, December 24, 2004: 4th week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-12-24)
If we stick with Luke's version of the birth of Jesus today, I can hardly imagine the journey to Bethlehem.|Today is a good day to contemplate the reality of Jesus' coming to enter our world and be with us. He knew our ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 28, 2011: 26th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-09-28)
The readings today might lead us to ask the question: What do we do in difficult times? Nehemiah is in exile - far away from home - his past life is literally in ruins. Jesus is experiencing potential followers who are ...
Reflection for Saturday, July 26, 2003: 16th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-07-26)
" 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?' ...|'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' He replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them.|Let ...
Reflection for Thursday, July 26, 2001: 16th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-07-26)
Why do you speak to them in parables?"||I remember as a young boy, asking Jesus this same question. Why is this stuff about "the meaning of life," that us kids were learning in grade school, so hard for everyone else to ...
Reflection for Wednesday, November 1, 2006: All Saints, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-11-01)
the times of great persecutions of the early Church, there were so many martyrs that it was impossible to commemorate each one on an individual day. Eventually, when the Church was given an old this great feast was born.|Today ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 17, 2003: 24th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-09-17)
"To what shall I compare the people of this generation?"|| I love to watch Jesus in the midst of a messy conflict.(The 7th Chapter of Luke's gospel is worth reading in its entirety.) He has encountered tremendous faith ...