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Reflection for Wednesday, November 8, 2006: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-11-08)
Philippians 2: 12-18; "...work out your salvation with fear and trembling..."|Psalm 27: 1, 4, 13-14 "...One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life..."|Luke 14: 25-33 ...
Reflection for Wednesday, November 8, 2000: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-11-08)
It is not easy to be a follower of Jesus. It wasn't in Jesus' own day, and it isn't today.||Following Jesus for the original disciples meant breaking away from father, mother, wife, children, sisters, brothers -- and all ...
Reflection for Friday, December 6, 2019: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2019-12-06)
|My mind kept wandering as I read and reread today's readings. Usually I spot a theme the first time I go through the readings, but not with today's. There were so many avenues to explore, my mind bounced from idea to ...
Reflection for Tuesday September 3, 2019: 22nd Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2019-09-03)
|It may not sound like it at first, but the closing part of the gospel reading is particularly challenging for us today: Jesus speaks and commands with authority and power. When we see flyers announcing lectures, we often ...
Reflection for Friday, April 24, 2020: 2nd Week of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-04-24)
|Call it the luck of the draw, but I was previously asked to reflect on today's readings. I reviewed my prior reflection and thought it might be worth repeating, in part.|We have all heard the expressions, "if we all just ...
Reflection for Wednesday, November 4, 2020: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-11-04)
|Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.|For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work. ...|Do everything without grumbling or questioning. Philippians 2|The LORD is my light ...
Reflection for Friday, April 12, 2013: 2nd week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-04-12)
Today's reading of the loaves and the fishes flooded me with memories from my formative years as I find this scripture one of the most accessible and vivid readings to a child. I remember times when I was amazed that Jesus ...
Reflection for Friday, December 4, 2015: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-12-04)
Just imagine the joy the people of Israel must have experienced when the prophet Isaiah told them that a new day was dawning. A day when the deaf shall hear and the blind shall see and the tyrant will be gone and the ...
Reflection for Friday, April 8, 2016: 2nd Week of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2016-04-08)
John's story of Jesus feeding a large crowd is similar to Mark's story of Jesus feeding the five thousand. There are some details that differ but essentially they seem to set forth the same view of Jesus and his disciples. ...
Reflection for Wednesday, November 5, 2014: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-11-05)
|"The Lord is my light and my salvation." So rings the psalm for today's daily readings. It is the song of many a saint. Whom should I fear? Is there reason to be afraid? The psalmist's response is, simply, to place ...