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Reflection for Saturday, December 20, 2014: 3rd week in Advent..
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-12-20)
|The church gives us these exact same readings twice each year, on March 25, at the feast of the Annunciation, and today, five days before Christmas. In both cases the emphasis is primarily on God's act; nevertheless, at ...
Reflection for Sunday, December 21, 2014: 4th week in Advent..
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-12-21)
|There are so many themes for reflection in today's readings; the new and old Ark of the Covenant, Mary's fiat, Jesus as the heir of David to name a few. I felt drawn to spend some time exploring the idea of co-creation ...
Reflection for Friday, December 8, 2017: Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-12-08)
"God chose us in him before the foundation of the world (Eph 1:4)."|The initiative in faith is God's! God chooses us! And we all need to be reminded of this truth. We may tell ourselves that the initiative for our faith ...
Reflection for Wednesday, December 20, 2017: 3rd Week of Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-12-20)
Although today is Wednesday of the 3rd week of Advent, the readings are those especially assigned to December 20th, as is the case for all weekdays between the 17th and the 24th of December. Today's readings present us ...
Reflection for Monday, December 9, 2019: Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2019-12-09)
This reflection will be coming soon. Until then, here is a reflection for this Solemnity from Andy Alexander, S.J. from 2003.|This is a wonderful feast to celebrate early in our Advent journey. It is a very "Catholic" ...
Reflection for Saturday, March 25, 2017: Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-03-25)
As I reflected on the celebration liturgy of the Feast of the Annunciation during the Season of Lent, it becomes evident that the Feast subtly intends to shed light on the whole mystery of the Incarnation and the salvation ...
Reflection for Thursday, March 25, 2020: Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-03-25)
|Just when people think they have God figured out, that they know what God wants from them, God instead surprises them.|In the first reading, the Lord tells Ahaz to ask for a sign, but Ahaz, based on his preconceived ideas ...
Reflection for Friday, March 17, 2017: 2nd Week of Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-03-17)
Today's readings are about speaking the truth and hearing it. Both in the Old Testament reading from Genesis and the Gospel reading from Matthew, Joseph tries to speak the truth to his brothers who do not want to hear it ...
Reflection for Monday, April 25, 2016: 5th Week of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-04-25)
Today is the feast day of St. Mark, the Evangelist, the author of the second Gospel. Mark was young when Jesus was crucified and resurrected and probably never met Jesus in the flesh.|But he was obviously gifted and tasked ...
Reflection for Tuesday, December 8, 2015: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-12-08)
Every year on March twenty-fifth, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Conception of Jesus in the womb of the sinless young woman of Nazareth, Mary. Every year on today's date, the Catholic Church celebrates its ...