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Reflection for Saturday, September 18, 1999: 24th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-18)
Jesus spoke to them in a parable: "A farmer went out to sow some seed. Some fell on rocky ground . . . But some fell on good soil, grew up, and yielded grain a hundred-fold."||I like to garden. Gardeners and farmers have ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 19, 1999: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-19)
All three readings of this Sunday's liturgy really should be read while upside-down. God's ways are so different from our own.||We hear the prophet Isaiah remind us that as high as the sky is above the earth, God's ways ...
Reflection for Monday, September 20, 1999: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-20)
There is a program on educational television called "Antiques Roadshow" on which average people from around the country are encouraged to bring collectibles, antiques, and family treasures to a variety of expert appraisers ...
Reflection for Tuesday, September 21, 1999: St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-21)
I was standing in a video store in Indiana about ten years ago when I struck up a conversation with a stranger. This woman and I had started chatting about superficial things, the weather, the video choices, etc., when the ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 22, 1999: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-22)
"So they set out and went from village to village, spreading the good news everywhere and curing diseases." (Luke 9:6)||Let's see. I have six voice mail messages and a dozen e-mails waiting. I have a citation to write, ...
Reflection for Thursday, September 23, 1999: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-23)
I was a music minister for many years, and I still find it hard to read the Mass readings without picking out songs to go with them. I wish I was playing Mass today because I could fit all the music around the first reading. ...
Reflection for Friday, September 24, 1999: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-24)
"Take courage...work, for I am with you, . . . " Haggai 2:4||" . . . thou art the God in whom I take refuge; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" Psalm 43:2|... "The Son of ...
Reflection for Saturday, September 25, 1999: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-25)
The story of Zechariah, at least the first part, is set in the context of the Jews returning from the Babylonian exile and the subsequent rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple. In today's reading we find a man who is about ...
Reflection for Monday, August 30, 1999: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-08-30)
Being a parent is a wonderfully difficult job. There are so many extraordinary moments of pride, rewards, hugs, handpainted gifts and unimaginable love. First steps are followed at lightning speed by first days of school, ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 1, 1999: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-01)
If you're a certified member of the Worriers Club of America, today's readings are for you!||In the passage from Luke, we see Jesus doing what we worriers often wish God would do more often. He responds directly and ...