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Reflection for Wednesday, September 1, 2004: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-09-01)
Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. ||He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them. |At sunset, all who had ...
Reflection for Monday, September 4, 2000: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-09-04)
"Is this not Joseph's son?"|In today's gospel we see Jesus facing one of his toughest audiences: the people from his hometown who knew him the best. He revisits his boyhood synagogue and reads from scripture, "The spirit ...
Reflection for Saturday, September 10, 2005: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-09-10)
"But the one who listens and does not act | is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. |When the river burst against it, |it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed." |Luke 6:49||When ...
Reflection for Thursday, September 5, 2002: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-09-05)
It had been a discouraging night for Simon Peter and his friends. They had been out all night on their boats and had caught nothing. As the weary men stood in the sand, leaning on their tiny fishing vessels, they talked ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 5, 2007: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-09-05)
Jesus "stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them." Luke 4:39||The story of Simon's mother-in-law has so many layers of warmth and depth. In Luke's gospel, Simon has not ...
Reflection for Wednesday, September 5, 2012: 22nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-09-05)
The readings today are filled with a glimpse of real humanity both in the life of Jesus and in the early Church. No matter how much we want to envision the warmth and love of the earliest Christians for one another, they ...
Reflection for Monday, September 6, 1999: 23rd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1999-09-06)
I like to think of myself as organized and 'together' but even I know that really isn't true. My constant struggle each day to fit 30 hours of activities into 24 means that I am always on the run, always slightly behind ...
Reflection for Thursday, February 16, 2006: 6th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-02-16)
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. Mark 8:33||My niece, Samantha, is going to college ...
Reflection for April 5, 2007: Holy Thursday.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-04-05)
Today as I write this, our campus is reeling from the shock of losing a member of our Jesuit community. In the middle of last night, Fr. Don Driscoll, S.J. had a heart attack and died. He was a beloved priest, a warm and ...
Reflection for April 5, 2010: Monday in the Octave of Easter.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2010-04-05)
"Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed. . . . "||From the moment we are born, we are brought into a world of the unknowns - and fear becomes a part of our lives. Today's ...