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Reflection for Friday, December 4, 2009: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-12-04)
This weekend as I was still in the throes of cleaning up the yard, I marveled at some of the flowers still hanging on and some of the new greenery responding to warmer temperatures. Yet, here I am writing for the first ...
Reflection for Friday, December 5, 2008: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-12-05)
'But a very little while, and Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a forest', Isaiah 29:17.||This metaphor used in the first sentence of this passage illustrates the hope of God's salvation ...
Reflection for Friday, December 6, 2002: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-12-06)
The readings from both Isaiah and Matthew are fairly clear, so I would like to focus on the psalm instead. Individual lines here summarize and encapsulate elements of the spiritual life that we can lose sight of in the ...
Reflection for Friday, December 3, 1999: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-12-03)
The themes for today are ASK, WAIT, and HAVE FAITH.|Isaiah 29:18 says: "In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see."|Psalms 27:13-14 says: "I ...
Reflection for Friday, December 6, 2013: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2013-12-06)
Today is St. Nicholas Day. I am reminded of how much our responses are dependent on our background and context. I grew up in a very comfortable environment in the suburbs. The evening before St. Nicholas Day would involve ...
Reflection for Friday, December 3, 2010: Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-12-03)
"Do you believe that I can do this?" Matthew 9||This is the central question of our Christian lives. To be a follower of Jesus, to accept what he offers us, and to accept our mission to make a difference by loving and ...
Reflection for Friday, December 2, 2011: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2011-12-02)
Today is Friday of the First Week of Advent. This is a season of waiting, a time to live by faith, trusting that God will soon act on behalf of his people.||I have never been a very patient person. My mother used to rattle ...
Reflection for Friday, December 3, 2004: Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-12-03)
Two blind men approached Jesus and begged, "Son of David, have pity on us." Jesus was moved and responded simply, "Let it be done for you according to your faith." ||We all carry heavy burdens. In my experience, many of ...
Reflection for Friday, December 7, 2012: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-12-07)
Isaiah is a prophet, one who sees reality as God inspires him to and who then speaks of that reality as God impels him to. Here Isaiah speaks of the changes that God will operate, and he describes those changes in three ...
Reflection for Friday, December 2, 2005: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-12-02)
"On that day the deaf shall hear...and the eyes of the blind shall see..."|| The weekend before Thanksgiving I had a wonderful pre-Thanksgiving/Advent experience of being on retreat at a spirituality center in the woods ...