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Reflection for Wednesday, July 10, 2013: 14th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-07-10)
In today's gospel, we see Jesus sending out his closest twelve disciples to spread his message: the Kingdom of God is at hand. He sends them to do the critical work of evangelizing and healing. Drive out unclean spirits ...
Reflection for Monday, June 11, 2001: 10th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-06-11)
On the news this morning was a story of a radio station in the western wilderness of the United States. Although it only broadcasts within a 150 mile radius, the station is causing great tension among those in the area, ...
Reflection for Monday, June 6, 2011: 7th week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-06-06)
Dear Jesus,||Do we have to suffer in this world? Can't it be easier? I know you tell us in today's readings "You will suffer in this world," but it makes us uneasy. Our lives are hard, with families that don't quite work ...
Reflection for Saturday, June 12, 1999: Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (10th week in Ordinary Time).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-06-12)
"Father, you prepared the heart of the Virgin Mary to be a fitting home for your Holy Spirit. By her prayers may we become a more worthy temple of your glory." Opening Prayer, June 12 Liturgy||What an invitation to simplicity ...
Reflection for Friday, June 15, 2007: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-06-15)
And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and ...calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, 'Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.'||I once heard about a Jesuit ...
Reflection for Saturday, July 3, 1999: St. Thomas, Apostle.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-07-03)
Today is the Feast of St. Thomas. I think of him as my patron saint, not because I am named after him, but because I am a doubter. My life with God includes dozens of doubts, from whether or not God could really love someone ...
Reflection for Monday, July 3, 2006: St. Thomas, Apostle.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-07-03)
Today is the Feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle, the best known "doubter" in history. I can relate to Thomas and his distrust, but I take comfort in the first words Jesus says when he enters the room where Doubting Thomas ...
Reflection for Wednesday, November 28, 2012: 34th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-11-28)
We don't have to be afraid. Today's readings may send chills down our spine, but the invitation to us is not to fear.|In this final handful of days in the liturgical year, we are given a "great and awe-inspiring" vision ...
Reflection for Friday, November 26, 2004: 34th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-11-26)
"Here God lives among his people." ||"When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near" |When we were young, my parents would pack all six of us children into the station wagon in the ...
Reflection for Wednesday, November 27, 2002: 34th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-11-27)
We don't have to be afraid. Today's readings may send chills down our spine, but the invitation to us is not to fear.||In this final handful of days in the liturgical year, we are given a "great and awe-inspiring" vision ...