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Reflection for Tuesday, January 7, 2020: 3rd week of Christmas.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-01-07)
|In the first reading, the Apostle John uses the word "love" nine times. Love is of God - it comes from him. In fact, God is love. If we love others, we have been begotten by God and we know God. We have probably met grumpy, ...
Reflection for Monday, June 1, 2020: Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-06-01)
|Woman, behold, your son.|Behold, your mother.|For we judge people's virtue not by their sex but by their character, and we hold those to be worthy of the highest glory who have renounced both rank and wealth. It was for ...
Reflection for April 17, 2020: Friday in the Octave of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-04-17)
|In the first reading, we see the earliest disciples trusting in the name of Jesus and doing powerful and miraculous deeds. The importance of this was emphasized in my diagonal formation. We were asked, "What do you have ...
Reflection for Wednesday, January 13, 2021: 1st Week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2021-01-13)
|In the first reading, the writer to the Hebrews emphasizes that Jesus shared in our human nature. We, the children of God, share in blood and flesh. Therefore, Jesus came in the flesh and had blood coursing through his ...
Reflection for Friday, July 3, 2020: St. Thomas, Apostle.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-07-03)
|Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle. It's a red vestment day since he was martyred for his faith. Thomas has gotten a bad rap by some because of his incredulity at the testimony of the other apostles ...
Reflection for Saturday, February 8, 2020: 4th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-02-08)
|On May 5th, 2012, I laid face down on the floor of the St. Cecelia Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska, where Archbishop George Lucas was about to ordain me a deacon in the Catholic Church. During the Litany of the Saints, I ...
Reflection for Saturday, May 9, 2020: 4th week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-05-09)
|Yesterday, as I watched our parish's Mass online, I observed one of our altar servers doing his normal great job of serving and lectoring. I have seen him serve for several years but have recently come to know him a little ...
Reflection for Sunday, October 4, 2020: 27th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-10-04)
|The imagery of the people of God as a vineyard is common in both the Old and New Testaments. Generally the vineyard stands for the nation of Israel as a whole but that does not exclude an emphasis on the role of the ...
Reflection for Saturday, December 12, 2020: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe..
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-12-12)
|Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. If you have never read the story of what happened on Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City, on December 12, 1531, I encourage you to do so . The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe ...
Reflection for Monday, March 9, 2020: 2nd week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2020-03-09)
|We live in such an individualistic society. We may be part of a church, club, or family but it is easy for many to disown the group when things are not as they should be. In our first reading, Daniel cries out to God. ...