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Reflection for Sunday, October 13, 2013: 28th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-10-13)
PRE-PRAYERING | We are invited to pray with and reflect upon several important Christian gifts in today's readings. We pray for the grace of true humility which frees us to tell ourselves and others our true condition. ...
Reflection for Sunday, February 3, 2013: 4th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-02-03)
PRE-PRAYERING || When I was a lad, I cracked my knuckles, bit my nails, jiggled my knees up and down and must have been a bit of a nervous fellow. I know it drove my grandmother to distraction and she would tell me all ...
Reflection for Sunday, July 14, 2013: 15th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-07-14)
PRE-PRAYERING || We prepare for special visitors in special ways. We desire to delight them, help them to feel comfortable. We ask ourselves and perhaps others about what foods they like, what activities would please them. ...
Reflection for Sunday, July 7, 2013: 14th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-07-07)
PRE-PRAYERING || We in the United States, are celebrating this long weekend, an historical event of separation and independence from, what was known as, "Mother England". There are parades, speeches and the evening skies ...
Reflection for Sunday, July 21, 2013: 16th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-07-21)
PRE-PRAYERING || "Don't be so practical!" "Don't be so impractical!" These are two frequently used statements, both reflecting frustration in somebody else. It all depends on expectations. We do say that we are "practicing" ...
Reflection for Sunday, November 24, 2013: Our Lord Jesus Christ The King, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-11-24)
PRE-PRAYERING||It will be "Thanksgiving weekend" here in the United States beginning next Thursday, a/k/a as "Turkey Day". That particular Thursday is a family-feast centered around a bountiful board. Relatives join together ...
Reflection for Sunday, June 16, 2013: 11th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-06-16)
PRE-PRAYERING || There are various forms of conversations which we have in our ordinary days. We can have "adult", "business", "romantic", "casual", or "argumentative" interactions all within one day.|We can have the same ...
Reflection for Sunday, May 19, 2013: Pentecost.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-05-19)
PRE-PRAYERING || We might be more careful about what we pray for in preparation for the feast of Pentecost. This celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the early Church dispensed with being casual and the strictly ...
Reflection for Sunday, June 2, 2013: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-06-02)
PRE-PRAYERING || Believe it or not, in the text of the Spiritual Exercises, by St. Ignatius, there is a section of "Rules for Eating". The main thrust of his thinking is that when we are seated at the table for meals, Jesus ...
Reflection for Sunday, May 12, 2013: 7th week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-05-12)
PRE-PRAYERING || On the afternoon of the Third Sunday of Easter, I had the privilege of joining two sets of parents in baptizing their three babies, two were twins. As a concluding gesture, there is the blessing of the ...