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Reflection for Sunday, October 3, 1999: 27th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-10-03)
We are in the fall of the year in our part of the world. Apples and pumpkins, beans and corn, zucchini and squash are being gathered and prepared for winter's dinners. It is the fruitful time for this bounteous nation.||Paul ...
Reflection for Sunday, August 3, 2008: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-08-03)
PRE-PRAYERING || There are many little statements which are employed at times of loss. "She's in a better place now." "God wanted him home." "One door closes and an other one opens." "There are other fish in the pond." ...
Reflection for Sunday, August 3, 2003: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-08-03)
So as to be more available to graces contained in the Word of God in the Liturgy, imagine Jesus holding one of the baskets containing the fragments left over from the recent great feeding of the crowd. Some of those who ...
Reflection for Sunday, August 7, 2011: 19th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-08-07)
PRE-PRAYERING |We pray these days as people on a journey. We are one form of God's really being present. We have eaten of the Bread of Life, Jesus, both in the Eucharist and in our acceptance of him as the One Who Has Been ...
Reflection for Sunday, February 25, 2007: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-02-25)
PRE-PRAYERING | We have begun the liturgical preparation for the renewal of our baptisms and the reception of those seeking entrance into the Church. It can be the season of prepositions as well. Does one decide to give ...
Reflection for Sunday, February 29, 2004: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-02-29)
So as to be more available to the graces of the liturgy's readings, we might imagine Jesus' sitting on the parapet of the temple in Jerusalem, holding a loaf of bread from which he is eating. We see him shaking his head ...
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 23, 2007: 4th week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-12-23)
PRE-PRAYERING|Preparing for the last Sunday of Advent when it is so close to the celebration of the birth of Jesus takes some doing. We have days to experience the prayer of longing. In our North American culture, we don't ...
Reflection for Sunday, September 1, 2002: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-09-01)
So as to prepare more receptively for the graces of the liturgy, we might picture a stage with no scenery. Two men are standing at opposite sides facing you. On the left is a trembling downcast grumbler. He looks up at ...
Reflection for Sunday, December 23, 2012: 4th week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-12-23)
An Advent pondering|In the United States, professional football games become the weekend liturgies for many folks. Near the end of each half, the referees blow their whistles and take a time-out warning each team that there ...