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Reflection for Sunday, March 15, 2009: 3rd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-03-15)
PREPRAYING || We pray for the desire to overcome our sins by prayer, fasting, and works of mercy. Prayer will reduce us to our baptismal dignity. We pray so as to hear more clearly our baptismal name and mission.|Fasting ...
Reflection for Wednesday, November 30, 2022: St. Andrew, Apostle (1st Week of Advent).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2022-11-30)
|Faith Comes from What is Heard|Although the Feast of the Apostle Andrew seems to break abruptly into our first week of Advent, even today we hear today a bit of Scripture that puts us in mind of the season: "How beautiful ...
Reflection for Thursday, June 30, 2016: 13th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-06-30)
I am always eager to see my assignments for the reflections and the inevitable connections. It seems that either the readings are exactly what I need to hear at that moment and give them some serious reflection for my ...
Reflection for Monday, November 30, 2015: St. Andrew, Apostle (1st week in Advent).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-11-30)
Although today's gospel reading from Matthew narrates Andrew's calling for the first time, John's gospel brings that calling back to the very beginning of Jesus' public life and that narrative presents us with some remarkable ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 11, 2012: 3rd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-03-11)
We pray for the desire to overcome our sins by prayer, fasting, and works of mercy. Prayer will reduce us to our baptismal dignity. We pray so as to hear more clearly our baptismal name and mission.||Fasting puts us in a ...
Reflection for Friday, July 24, 2015: 16th week in Ordinary Time..
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-07-24)
Today's gospel reading would not require a homily or an online reflection, once Jesus has taken the time and effort to explain the meaning of the parable. What can one say after that? There is not much room for second-guessing ...
Reflection for Thursday, October 1, 2015: 26th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-10-01)
Who is a saint? Most of us respond to this question by thinking of martyrs witnessing publicly to faith by enduring excruciating torture leading to eventual death. Very few Christians will ever have this opportunity.|Today's ...
Reflection for Saturday, March 26, 2016: Easter Vigil.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-03-26)
I'm a little overwhelmed to be writing about Easter Vigil. As a convert, I grew up going to church on Easter morning, and even now I still tend to go to Easter morning Mass because it feels more like Easter to me. I ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 26, 2000: 3rd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-03-26)
"Whatever happened to the Ten Commandments?" Well today they are back in full array. They deserve a prayerful consideration more than our saying that we have heard that already. We will hear God's wisdom which befuddles ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 18, 2006: 3rd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-03-18)
The gospel reading for today is a wonderfully familiar passage. We call it the story of the "prodigal son" with the main characters of the tale being a father and his two sons. The younger one gets his father to divide the ...