The Gospel lesson for today sets forth Jesus' teaching about life together in his kingdom. Because the Church is made up of human beings, there will be the temptation to strive for positions of power and prestige. Jesus ...

PRE-PRAYERING | We pray with consequences of last-weekend's liturgical readings. There was a miraculous feeding of many with apparently little. As we make our individual and communal ways toward this weekend's celebration, ...

PRE-PRAYERING |We pray these days as people on a journey. We are one form of God's really being present. We have eaten of the Bread of Life, Jesus, both in the Eucharist and in our acceptance of him as the One Who Has Been ...

|While going over the first two readings, I was struck by how large water looms in scripture--for better or worse. I thought about Noah and the flood that brought destruction and then a fresh start for mankind; or the Red ...

|The road imagery in the first reading resonated with me as I just came off two 20-hour bus rides from Omaha to Washington, D.C. and back. The trip took a group of  nearly 60 Creighton students, faculty and staff to the ...

For a more prayerful reception of the Word of God in this Sunday's liturgy, try to remember the noise of a storm in which you heard windows rattle, trees slap their leaves together, waves test the shore and thunder announce ...

PRE-PRAYERING | Adjectives come in three forms. The simple describes a person or thing as it is. The comparative describes a person or thing in contrast to another particular person or thing. The superlative describes a ...

"Jesus summoned the twelve and he sent them off two by two . . ."|The work of God is not a solitary affair.  This is very apparent from the first line of the gospel story today.  But we also have other examples.  In the ...

Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus.|But when he saw how strong the wind was he became frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!"|Peter's encounter with Jesus is ...

If I were singing Mass today, I would sing Fr. John Foley's song "Turn to Me." I've been singing it in my head and around the house as I've been trying to write this reflection on Isaiah. "Turn to me, oh turn and be saved ...