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Reflection for Sunday, September 20, 2009: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-09-20)
PRE-PRAYERING || The "spiritual life" is our way of living with and not leaving behind the ups and yips of life. Our faith with all its rituals and prayers constantly assures us that we are not abandoned, but neither are ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 25, 2011: 26th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-09-25)
PRE-PRAYERING || C. S. Lewis once wrote that the most emphatic noise is the one you are trying not to listen to. The TV is on very loud next to my room, dogs are barking across the lane and you expect me to write something ...
Reflection for Sunday, December 2, 2007: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-12-02)
PRE-PRAYERING || This is the season for preparing. Parties, presents, houses, and clothing are being readied for gatherings which celebrate, well, many things. Surely the birth of Jesus would be central. There are other ...
Reflection for Sunday, December 2, 2001: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-12-02)
There is a popular song from a Broadway musical, Mame, which is sung at a time when there are low spirits. "We need a little Christmas, right this very minute." We need a lot of Advent right these very moments. We are ...
Reflection for Sunday, December 14, 2003: 3rd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-12-14)
So as to be more available to the Advent-graces of the readings, imagine John the Precursor seated at a table with a sign hanging above his head which reads, "Fidelity Employment Agency." He has the reputation of being a ...
Reflection for Sunday, February 28, 2010: 2nd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-02-28)
PRE-PRAYERING | There are contacts being made in our readings for this Sunday of Lent. These are rather unusual events which take some time to unpack. There are strange yet powerful statements made which have implications ...
Reflection for Sunday, December 22, 2002: 4th week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-12-22)
So as to be more receptive to the graces of the liturgy for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, let us imagine two kinds of dwellings. To the left we see King David sitting in his palace talking with the prophet Nathan. They are ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 4, 2005: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-09-04)
PRE-PRAYERING | Are we our brothers' or sisters' keepers? The theme of the readings for our liturgy seems to be, not fault-finding, but fault-finder Sunday. We are invited to consider our responsibilities to others in the ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 4, 2011: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-09-04)
PRE-PRAYERING || Many things are more easily said than done. "Don't sweat the small stuff." "Everything is small stuff." "The main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing." These are quick-and-easy things to say, ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 14, 2003: Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-09-14)
So as to be more available to the graces offered through the readings for this feast, imagine Jesus hanging on the cross. He looks down, past Mary his mother and John the Beloved Disciple, to where a serpent is wriggling ...