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Reflection for Sunday, November 4, 2001: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2001-11-04)
There is a little phrase we use to describe someone getting caught in the act; we say, "He got caught with his hand in the cookie jar." One time I literally had this happen.||I was in a small kitchen in a Jesuit house and ...
Reflection for Friday, November 4, 2005: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-11-04)
Romans 15:14-21 "...'Thus I aspire to proclaim the Gospel not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another's foundation, but as it is written: Those who have never been told of him shall see and ...
Reflection for Saturday, November 4, 2000: 30th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2000-11-04)
There are several passages besides Luke, Chapter 14, in which Jesus either responds to requests for places of honor or makes observations of how persons of status choose the most prestigious places. But it doesn't seem ...
Reflection for Saturday, November 4, 2006: 30th week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-11-04)
Prison letters are often profoundly moving and revealing. Think of Martin Luther King's letter from Birmingham Jail. Think of Father Alfred Delp, S.J., writing during his Nazi imprisonment. St. Paul, too, "did time" and ...
Reflection for Monday, November 4, 2002: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-11-04)
Lord, I have given up my pride and turned away from my arrogance,|| I am not concerned with great matters or with subjects too difficult for me.|Instead, I am content and at peace. |As a child lies quietly in its mother's ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 4, 2004: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2004-11-04)
In today's hectic world it is easy to feel alone and isolated. We live in a world with many more people than in the time of our grandparents. Technology has brought many improvements to our lives, but it has also made many ...
Reflection for Tuesday, November 4, 2003: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-11-04)
Today's first reading, from Romans, falls under the category of "The Duties of Christians" and is a marvelous reading. This reading reminds me of our connection to one another, of our interdependent need, of our contribution ...
Reflection for Sunday, November 8, 2009: 32nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2009-11-08)
PRE-PRAYERING || Upon sitting down to read the evening's paper after dinner, my father would take off his shoes and socks. If a car were to come into our driveway, my mother would run around the living room straightening ...
Reflection for Tuesday, November 8, 2005: 32nd week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-11-08)
"The Comfortable Words." That's how some Episcopalians refer to a moment that follows the confession and absolution in one version of the Eucharistic liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer. At that point in the service, the ...
Reflection for Wednesday, November 8, 2006: 31st week in Ordinary Time.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-11-08)
Philippians 2: 12-18; "...work out your salvation with fear and trembling..."|Psalm 27: 1, 4, 13-14 "...One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life..."|Luke 14: 25-33 ...