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Reflection for Saturday, December 11, 2004: 2nd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-12-11)
The Trouble with Prophets ||Here he comes. Quick, dodge out of sight, close the door, don't answer the phone. This one brings trouble. |We honor prophets at a distance. Up close we squirm. "Beat your swords into plowshares...do ...
Reflection for Thursday, September 28, 2006: 25th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-09-28)
The Gift of Being Here||Herod was perplexed by the reports of Jesus. This one seemed different from the rest.|Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.|The tone of Ecclesiastes is weary as the turning of the earth.|We are born ...
Reflection for Thursday, December 4, 2008: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-12-04)
The Footsteps of the Poor||Along the U.S. border with Mexico, a wall has been built. Deadlock over immigration gives rise to a high corrugated metal barrier that separates communities. On the U.S. side, little is said. The ...
Reflection for Thursday, December 7, 2006: 1st week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-12-07)
A House Built on Rock||In the animated film Happy Feet, the first baby penguin to dive into the ocean had slid on the ice and slipped over the edge. Mumble, the misfit, hit the water first. The other fledglings, stirred ...
Reflection for Friday, July 26, 2002: 16th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-07-26)
I Thirst||In the very sick baby room, Ziggy lies in the first crib. Arms and legs beating like sticks; restless and whining he spends his day. He stretches after each spoonful of cereal but swallows little. Feeding takes ...
Reflection for Friday, October 10, 2008: 27th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-10-10)
Made for Love||Paul sets up a sharp contrast: either saved by faith or ensnared in laws. Faith or Law? Would Jewish converts worship alongside Gentile converts as one community? In the faith tradition that goes back to ...
Reflection for Saturday, August 14, 2004: 19th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-08-14)
Our Ways, Your Ways ||Most of the time spent looking for You |We run into ourselves.|Goodness we thought meant getting even. |Stories of ancestors haunt us. |Surely their crimes are remembered. |One day a curse will strike. ...
Reflection for Wednesday, August 13, 2003: 19th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-08-13)
A Stiff-Necked People||The people complained bitterly to Moses. "What have you gotten us into?" Hunger, heat, and years toiling through the desert brought rebellion. "Wasn' t Egypt a better place to die?" Moses complained ...
Reflection for Wednesday, August 17, 2005: 20th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-08-17)
More Than We Can Measure|Gideon pledged: I will not rule over the Israelites, nor will my sons. There is no king but Yahweh. But his son did not listen. Abimelech was the lowly buckthorn that set the forest burning. A ...
Reflection for Thursday, August 9, 2001: 18th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-08-09)
Doubt||Everything is going strong. We have momentum. Success fires us up. Until events strike hard. Power slips away. I am alone.|Did we leave slavery only to wither in the desert heat? Where is God? Your presence is not ...