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Reflection for Wednesday, September 12, 2012: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-09-12)
In an interesting way I found a kind of focus in today's liturgy in the Holy Spirit. As it happens, here at Creighton we are celebrating the Mass of the Holy Spirit as it is our custom and that of many Catholic Universities. ...
Reflection for Saturday, September 24, 2011: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-09-24)
My father was a rancher who ran both sheep and cattle in Wyoming. When I was a small child I often went with him to visit the sheep camps, especially in the summer, when the sheep were taken from the ranch on the "flats" ...
Reflection for Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-08-03)
For many years I have experienced fears similar to those of the disciples during the "fourth watch of the night" - that time between 3:00 AM and dawn. In winter and in summer awakening in that darkest part of the night ...
Reflection for Tuesday, December 12, 2017: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-12-12)
The appearance of the Virgin Mother of Jesus at Guadalupe, near Mexico City, is the event that serves as the foundation for this feast. It is one of many events over the centuries in which Mary appears to the poor and ...
Master of Arts in Ministry: Forming Co-Workers in the Vineyard
(Creighton University, 2014-02-03)
After students complete at least 12 hours of theology study, they can
arrange one or more internships in areas of ministry they are drawn
to. MAM students have interned in hospital clinical pastoral work, in
preparing ...
Reflection for Friday, December 27, 2013: Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-12-27)
As I reflected on today's feast of St. John, and its placement in the Octave of Christmas, I was struck again by the delicate layers of insight the Spirit gives to the Church in our liturgical life. Even before we ponder ...
Reflection for Monday, October 11, 2010: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-10-11)
Back in 1978, the German Theologian, Karl Rahner, SJ, published a text in which he placed himself in the "voice" of St. Ignatius Loyola speaking to the human community of the 20th Century. It is an imaginative and daring ...
Reflection for Thursday, December 8, 2011: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-12-08)
Listening to the so-called "super-committee" talk about their failure to achieve a compromise in the Senate the last few days sounds a bit like the first reading in today's liturgy from the book of Genesis: "He made me do ...
Reflection for Friday, September 10, 2010: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-09-10)
Some years ago I was working with the parents of second graders who were preparing their children for first communion. One parent was fussing about the necessity of bringing children to the Eucharist and with a touch of ...
Reflection for Saturday, November 9, 2013: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-11-09)
Today's liturgical celebration, which is a major feast day of the Church, provides a meditation itself even before we consider the readings and their wonderful images. What does it mean to celebrate this specific place?||The ...