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Romans 6:3-11 Luke 24:1-12 Blind night surrounds us in our long vigil. We gather in the dusk to recall both the darkness of the womb and the darkness of…
Read MoreGenesis 15:5-18 Philippians 3:20-4:1 Luke 9:28b-36 In these days of war and mounting danger, I find it difficult to know how to pray, for whom and…
Read MoreMary Lou Gomez-Leon was born May 3, 1927, to Laurencia Aizpuru and Ignacio Gomez-Leon. She was the older sister of Ignacio (Nacho) and Eddie. Mary Lou’s passions were her family, friends…
Read MoreImagine having an income of $1000 a day and an inclination to be helpful to the most neglected communities of people. What would you do with your money? In 1885,…
Read MoreJeremiah 1:1-19 Psalm 71: 1-17 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21:30 This morning’s Gospel reading from Luke follows directly from last Sunday’s reading. And the two together bring to completion Luke’s…
Read MoreAngela Mary Murphy was born in Sterling, Ill., the daughter of Stephen Andrew Murphy and Genevieve Angela Potts. Angie was very proud that her great grandfather, Henry Potts, was a…
Read MoreMary Edith Jones was born on March 28, 1937, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis, the first of eight children of Ernest Robert and Rosemary Furlong Jones. She grew up…
Read More1 Samuel 1:20–28 1 John 3:1-24 Luke 2:41-52 Yesterday we celebrated Jesus’ “Birth Day,” and today we celebrate his family. Jesus was given to us in a family, given to…
Read MoreSister Ann Barrett wrote a brief account of her family life in 1976. We recognize in these two paragraphs her lifelong love for her family and place of origin, an…
Read MoreJeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 Luke 21:25-36 Last Sunday, the final Sunday of the liturgical year, Mary Swain pointed out to us that the Feast of…
Read More1 Kings 17:10-16 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:41-44 Widows are the heroines of today’s readings. That’s an odd reversal of scriptural stereotypes. Widows are poor and rarely…
Read MoreLoretto’s school at Bernalillo opened in April 1875 as a day school for local children. It did not at first include Native American children but did have 15 orphan girls…
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