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Reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Lent
Helen Keller said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” The Scribes and Pharisees in today’s Gospel were blind to the signs that were right…
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Exodus 17:3-7 Ps.95 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-42 Today’s Gospel does not begin with the Baptism of Jesus, but I would like to, because today’s Gospel story of Jesus’ encounter…
Read MoreReflection on the Second Sunday of Lent
Genesis 12:1-4a 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Matthew 17:1-9 Jesus took Peter, James and John up the mountain. I sort of got stuck right here. Going up a mountain is a struggle. …
Read MoreLoretto legacy of excellence continues at schools
Escuela de Guadalupe Susan Swain SL and Joy Gerity CoL, who had been principals at St. Mary’s Academy in Denver, were members of Escuela de Guadalupe’s founding group in 1999.…
Read MoreJoin the Ann Rhodes Legacy Circle!
Mother Ann Rhodes, the first superior of the Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross in 1812, embodied a pioneering spirit that set the stage for more than…
Read MoreSt. Mary’s Academy’s vibrant Loretto beginnings
Excerpts from an article by Regina Drey SL on the school’s 150th anniversary. Click to read the original article as it appeared in Loretto Magazine, fall-winter 2014 Amid tearful farewells…
Read MoreLoretto Spotlight Video – Mary Catherine Widger SL
It’s a community of joy. Mary Catherine Widger SL Mary Catherine Widger SL has served those with intellectual disabilities for 50-plus years. In this issue of Loretto Magazine, read about…
Read MoreReflection on the First Sunday of Lent
Today’s first reading and the Gospel are about temptation. They speak for themselves. But Psalm 30, stuck in between, is a prayer of forgiveness. Here’s the third stanza: “ Then I…
Read MoreReflection on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
These readings remind us of the freedom we have, the freedom to choose and to make right choices and be in right relationship with God, others and with creation. In…
Read MoreReflection on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A few years ago, I led a Bible study. It was for people who did not know much about the Bible, and it was simply an attempt to help them…
Read MoreReflection on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Beatitudes offer words of comfort. It’s reassuring to know that God is with us in our grief and that suffering won’t have the last word. But what if Jesus…
Read MoreReflection on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 8:23-9:3 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Matthew 4:12-23 This is the third time, the third Sunday, that the Gospel invites us to walk with Jesus at the very beginning of…
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