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Reflection for Thursday, August 17, 2017: 19th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-08-17)
You could wonder a bit about what it means exactly to forgive seventy times seven. Perhaps the 491st time you can seek revenge or refuse mercy. That's okay, I guess, if you are interested in loopholes and being meticulous ...
A Lenten Retreat by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. (Year C)
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2007)
A retreat using the readings for Liturgical Year C.
This series of retreat conferences was presented by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J.
at the Jesuit Retreat House, outside of St. Paul, Minnesota, from January 25 to 28th, 2007. ...
A 2012 Advent Retreat by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J.
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2012-12-01)
Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. gave this retreat at the Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House,|Lake Elmo, Minnesota, December 1-4, 2011.|These Retreat Conferences begin with a short introductory prayer followed by a thirty-minute ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 5, 2017: 1st Week of Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-03-05)
In our First Reading for this liturgy, we hear of one garden, two newly-minted beings and two trees surrounded by various varieties of flora and fauna. Ah yes, I forgot about the serpent. How did it slither in without ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 28, 2016: 26th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-09-28)
Tug-of War contests were a delightful part of our Irish-relative picnics in my youth. A thick rope was held tightly by two teams of eight or nine pullers. All had been properly reinforced with muscle-enhancing food and ...
A 2013 Advent Retreat by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J.
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2013-11-14)
Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. gave this retreat at the Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House,|Lake Elmo, Minnesota, November 14-17, 2013.|These Retreat Conferences begin with a short introductory prayer followed by a thirty-minute ...
A Lenten Retreat by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. (Year A)
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2008)
INTRODUCTORY CONFERENCE|Lent, spring, and the Spiritual life have this in common; each is a tug of war. Spring is tugging at winter to let go. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius are directed at our becoming more ...
A Weekend Retreat by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. (2003)
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2003-01-17)
Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. gave this retreat at the Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House, Lake Elmo, Minnesota, January 17-20, 2003.|It began on Thursday evening and ended on Sunday night.|These Retreat Conferences begin with ...
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 ...
Reflection for Sunday, December 10, 2017: 2nd Week of Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-12-10)
Advent has only three full weeks this year. Christmas Eve's being on a Sunday means that the fourth week is only a short few hours. "So", we say-pray, "Better get with the program." We wish sincerely that we could be ...