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Reflection for Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 3rd week in Advent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-12-15)
The first reading is from a little known Old Testament prophet, Zephaniah. He appears to have been a contemporary of Jeremiah in the seventh/sixth century before Christ. The Book of Zephaniah has only three chapters and ...
Reflection for Saturday, July 4, 2009: 13th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-07-04)
Esau and Jacob were twins. Esau was born first and Jacob came out grabbing on to Esau's heel. Esau got his name because he was hairy and Jacob got his because he was a grabber. Hairy was a hunter who loved the open country. ...
Reflection for Wednesday, August 12, 2009: 19th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-08-12)
Today is Wednesday of the nineteenth week in ordinary time. Think about that: ordinary time. We know what that means liturgically but I think that it describes how many of us live our lives spiritually. Anyone who sets out ...
Reflection for Wednesday, March 4, 2009: 1st week in Lent.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-03-04)
It amazes me that the Book of Jonah is in the Jewish Scriptures. Think about it: every pagan in the story is more righteous than Jonah. God told Jonah to go to Nineveh, the great capital of the Assyrians, and preach his ...
Reflection for Saturday, September 19, 2009: 24th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-09-19)
Paul urges Timothy to live simply, not fall into the money trap, and to pursue righteousness instead of things. Then he reminds Timothy that he confessed the name of Christ when he was called to this life of faith in the ...
Reflection for Monday, January 5, 2009: 2nd week in Christmas.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-01-05)
In many ways the message of Jesus is quite simple. We who are followers of Jesus are to love one another. Surely brothers, of all people, should love one another, yet Cain murdered his. I have often thought that there is ...
Reflection for Tuesday, October 27, 2009: 30th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-10-27)
The apostle Paul anticipates John Milton's poetry by sixteen centuries. Milton wrote of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. The apostle Paul speaks of the impact on the whole creation of paradise lost and then sets forth ...
Reflection for April 16, 2009: Thursday in the Octave of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-04-16)
Today is Thursday within the Octave of Easter. It's as if the Church does not get enough Easter on the day itself so it spreads it out over eight days. During that time the readings for Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours ...
Reflection for Tuesday, June 2, 2009: 9th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-06-02)
The Book of Tobit has been called a "Hebrew romance" but the few verses of this reading do not seem very romantic. Tobit does good works. After temporarily losing his eyesight, his wife has to get a job to make ends meet. ...
Reflection for Tuesday, June 23, 2009: 12th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-06-23)
Abram and Lot were relatives. They had so many possessions that they began to squeeze each other. The workers in both families began to quarrel. I used to be a school safety consultant and I learned early on that schools ...