Archive for December 2019
Reflection: Feast of the Holy Family
This morning we continue our Christmas celebrations with a feast focused on the family. That makes a lot of sense, because the Christmas child has been given to us in…
Read MoreChristmas Greetings 2019
Reflection: Christmas Eve
Who are you, God? The people of the Old Testament asked. God replied: “I AM.” “I AM WHO I AM.” “Yahweh” I am the source of all life from electrons…
Read MoreReflection: Fourth Sunday of Advent
As we come to the end of the liturgical season of Advent, the prophet Isaiah introduces us to Ahaz, the King of Judah. Ahaz had become king at the young…
Read MoreAdvent Reflections 2019 – 12/22/2019
Week Four – Noticing: To Live Our Moment Fully A spirituality of noticing will move us to the small meaningful acts of compassion that restore hope. Then we will join…
Read More“The Intimate Universe”, by Thomas Berry, CP
“The Intimate Universe” will be used in the online sessions with Miriam Therese MacGillis, OP. To download a PDF of the article, please click here. Way back in 1993, Loretto Magazine featured…
Read MoreAdvent Reflections 2019 – 12/15/2019
Week Three – Memory: To Trust Our Prophetic Call The quest for the future must begin by remembering. To understand the future we need to take time to remember. “Remember”…
Read MoreReflection: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
For a long time it has seemed to me that we here at the Motherhouse think of today’s feast as December 8, a feast of Mary, a jubilee day, long ago…
Read MoreReflection: Second Sunday of Advent
Today’s readings are a beautiful, powerful, appropriate challenge to begin our Advent season. Today we hear promise of a Savior – one who embodies a Spirit of wisdom and…
Read MoreAdvent Reflections 2019 – 12/8/2019
Week Two – Vision: To See With Prophetic Hope Prophecy and hope dance in the endless cycle that compassion weaves into the future promised by God. Our small simple acts…
Read MoreYou’re Invited! Online sessions with Loretto Community & Miriam Therese MacGillis, OP
January – March 2020 In 2016, Miriam Therese MacGillis, OP, a Dominican sister who is the director of Genesis Farm, addressed the Loretto Community on the 25th anniversary of the…
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