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Reflection for Thursday, November 22, 2007: Thanksgiving Day (U.S.A.).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-11-22)
Thanksgiving is usually a time of celebrating our abundance, of setting aside a special day to remember where that abundance actually comes from and to give thanks to our God for it. Sometimes we even reflect on how God ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 23, 2006: Thanksgiving Day (U.S.A.).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-11-23)
In the United States on this day we pause in our lives for a secular holy day, a thanksgiving for our many personal and collective bounties. Sharing time with family and friends and reflecting at some level on the blessings ...
Reflection for Sunday, June 13, 2004: 11th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-06-13)
Then Nathan said to David: "You are the man!"|I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and ...
Reflection for Saturday, June 20, 2009: Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (11th week in Ordinary Time).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-06-20)
In both the spring and the fall of the year the Church invites us to recognize the great love of Jesus that is then imitated by his very human Church. Shortly after Pentecost each year the Church celebrates the Feast of ...
Reflection for Sunday, June 18, 2006: 11th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-06-18)
I, the LORD, Bring low the high tree, lift high the lowly tree ...|This is how it is with the kingdom of God ...|When Jesus proclaimed that the "Kingdom of God is at hand," the poor, the lowly, the marginal must have ...
Reflection for Thursday, June 10, 2004: 10th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-06-10)
This gospel stops me, Lord. I think you mean these words for all of us - for me. You are telling me that my salvation depends not only on my being "righteous" - good, holy, together - but upon how I treat others - particularly ...
Reflection for Sunday, June 14, 2009: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ(Corpus Christi)
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-06-14)
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, traditionally called the feast of Corpus Christi. In so celebrating, we acknowledge the wonderful gift of Holy Communion and its implication for ...
Reflection for Sunday, June 10, 2007: 10th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-06-10)
I am struck by the focus on healing that runs through the readings for the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the First Book of Kings, Elijah resuscitates the only child of a widow in Zarapeth. The child had grown ill and ...
Reflection for Friday, October 24, 2008: 29th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-10-24)
It is once again a beautiful fall day - full of evidence of God's love for us! As I reflected upon these readings the last few days a number of areas came to mind. However, as I sit here now thinking about my newest ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 27, 2003: Thanksgiving Day /USA.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-11-27)
"And now, bless the God of all, who has done wondrous things on earth, who fosters people's growth from their mother's womb." (Sir 50: 22)|Thanksgiving/USA: Lots of turkey, pumpkin pies and other good foods; brisk cool ...