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Reflection for Friday, April 4, 2008: 2nd week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-04-04)
Scripture scholars agree that the multiplication of loaves and fishes in John's gospel is really John's way of reflecting upon Jesus' giving his disciples His Body and His Blood during his final Passover Meal with them. ...
Reflection for Friday, April 8, 2005: 2nd week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-04-08)
Throughout his public life here on earth, Jesus drew large crowds to follow him on his travels around the land of Israel. The miracles that Jesus worked and the preaching and teaching that he did caused the crowds to follow ...
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 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, April 12, 2002: 2nd week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-04-12)
What did those apostles eat for breakfast that morning? Was there some special food they ate that suddenly gave them such courage? In today's first reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we see the same friends of Jesus ...
Reflection for Friday, May 2, 2014: 2nd Sunday of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-05-02)
“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” This verse from today’s Gospel message in John 6 is the reaction of many to Jesus, as he turned five loaves and two fish into a feast for thousands. We ...
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 Friday, April 29, 2022: 2nd Week of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2022-04-29)
|In the first reading, the apostles are in some trouble for proclaiming the good news. The Sanhedrin want to shut this down: Stop them from talking about Jesus, stop the whole production. But a Pharisee tells a story about ...
Reflection for Friday, May 2, 2003: 2nd week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-05-02)
Why were there leftovers? What happened to them?||I haven't always wondered about the leftovers, but it is curious that Jesus feeds over 5,000 people and there were 12 baskets of food remaining. Couldn't He have made the ...
Reflection for Friday, May 6, 2011: 2nd week in Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-05-06)
During the Easter season the readings from Acts describe the formation and growth of the Church, first in Jerusalem and then throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. Alongside that narrative, the readings from John's Gospel ...