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Reflection for Sunday, July 22, 2018: 16th Week of Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2018-07-22)
A few years ago one of my younger nephews was traveling with his siblings and their mother. While pulling out of a drive-in restaurant, with French fries on his lap, a hamburger in one hand and a malt in the other, he asked ...
Reflection for Wednesday, December 6, 2017: 1st Week of Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-12-06)
We have all heard the age-old expressions, "if we all just chip in a little," or "many hands make for light work," and we know the intended results thereof. In today's digital world there is even a name for this – "crowd ...
Reflection for Wednesday, December 4, 2019: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2019-12-04)
On this mountain the Lord.... provides a rich feast for all peoples, destroys the veil, the web, death itself, wipes away the tears from all faces, removes the reproach of his people, and saves them.|The hand of the Lord ...
Reflection for Sunday, October 15, 2017: 28th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-10-15)
In today's readings, the theme of invitation draws us into the freedom that Jesus offers us.|The first reading from Isaiah promises the beleaguered people of Israel that not only will their lives be filled with food and ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 26, 2017: 4th Week of Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-03-26)
Gracious God help us to see with the eyes of Jesus so that we can always find God in others.|Today's exceptionally long Gospel is trying to open our eyes. Where are our blind spots? Do we have certain situations, like ...
Reflection for Sunday, March 22, 2020: 4th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-03-22)
|For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Thursday, March 19, was the first day of Spring. And with its arrival come warming temperatures and, more importantly, longer periods of daylight and shorter periods of darkness. ...
Reflection for Monday, March 30, 2020: 5th week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-03-30)
|Today's gospel from John is one of my favorites to engage in contemplative prayer to bring the story to life. Using my imagination as I pray helps me listen to the stirrings in my heart and brings me closer to God. In ...
Reflection for Monday, April 3, 2017: 5th Week of Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2017-04-03)
The two readings in today's liturgy might be episodes of a video series entitled "Lies and Deceptions." The two are short stories that represent reprehensible behavior on the part of people who are up to no good like the ...
Reflection for Wednesday, August 17, 2016: 20th Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-08-17)
Ezekiel found himself in a time of dire circumstances. Under the cruel monarch Nebuchadnezzar, he and his fellow countrymen had been forcefully taken from their homes in Israel to captivity in Babylon. Ezekiel's world ...
Reflection for Monday, November 2, 2020: Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-11-02)
|The only sure things according to the old saying are "death and taxes." Reminding us of the need for being ready for the ultimate event of our lives. There is no escaping our death. The invitation here is to live fully ...