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Reflection for Thursday, November 26, 1998: Thanksgiving.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1998-11-26)
"Now bless the God of all Who has done wonderful things on earth." This verse sets the tone for the eucharistic celebration here on the Creighton campus this Thanksgiving Day.||In the second reading we hear Paul giving ...
Reflection for Sunday, June 26, 2011: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-06-26)
PRE-PRAYERING||We show our appreciation for musical and dramatic renditions by enthusiastic applause which can go on just a certain length of time. Who decides when the applause should begin to die down and cease? We all ...
Reflection for Sunday, June 22, 2003: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-06-22)
So as to be more available to the graces of this feast, imagine Jesus is baking the unleavened bread for the celebration of Passover. While kneading the flour, he begins to smile. He wipes his hands and writes a quick note ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 26, 2010: 26th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-09-26)
PRE-PRAYERING|When I was a young and very pious, our days were compartmentalized, that is, they began and ended by bells. There was this huge old swinging bell that woke us all up, (including God), at five in the morning. ...
Reflection for Sunday, October 3, 2010: 27th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-10-03)
PRE-PRAYERING|I suspect that most folks like to sit in the same pew each week surrounded with fellow parishioners with whom they are familiar. The liturgy itself has a familiar ritual sameness. Generally we would rather ...
Reflection for Sunday, October 17, 2010: 29th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-10-17)
PRE-PRAYERING|We have a little phrase about our meeting a person by chance, "We bumped into so-and-so today." Sometimes we actually do bump into strangers in a crowd, or we bump our heads and even bump into another car, ...
Reflection for Sunday, November 1, 2009: All Saints, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-11-01)
PRE-PRAYERING || This liturgy and those of tomorrow (All Souls) are recallings of those faithful who have gone before we are gone. We have all known good and holy people of our pasts. We have all lost loved persons whom ...
Reflection for Sunday, November 3, 2002: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-11-03)
So as to be more receptive to God's word and the Eucharist, imagine Jesus' speaking to his close friends, the Disciples. Upon his upper arm is tied a little box, a phylactery, which contains a reminder from the law of Moses ...
A Talk by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. on Shame
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2009)
Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. gave this wonderful talk on Shame. It can be a great help to all of us who seem to devalue ourselves, who tend to not feel that anything about us is good enough, who struggle to accept ourselves and ...
An Advent Retreat by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. (2005)
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2005-11-17)
Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. gave this retreat at the Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House,|Lake Elmo, Minnesota, November 17-20, 2005.|These Retreat Conferences begin with a short introductory prayer followed by a thirty-minute ...