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Genesis 14:18-20        1 Corinthians 11:23-26        Luke 9:1-17 Today’s Gospel tells us in plain words about God’s world, that is, about our world. Despite all…

This is Trinity Sunday.  I first became aware of the concept of the Trinity at an overnight Girl Scout camp when I was around 9. The girl who led grace…

On Memorial Day, I watched the National Memorial Day celebration on television. It was a lovely tribute to those who have put themselves on the front line to protect our…

The section of John’s Gospel that we have just heard is part of what we know as the “last discourse,” Jesus’ words and his prayer at the Last Supper, when…

In the first reading we see the vestiges of the Jewish religion and culture on which Christianity was founded. Jesus was Jewish as were many of his disciples and Apostles,…

Loretto Sister Rita Bruegenhagen introduced me to the commentaries of David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on PBS News every Friday evening. I have enjoyed their commentaries ever since but recently,…

I have three experiences to bring to these readings about the contention among the disciples when Paul brought the Gospel to the Gentiles; about John’s vision of the chosen standing…

Acts 5: 27-41          Revelation 5:11-14          John 21:1-19 Today’s Scripture readings continue the Easter season’s focus on Jesus and his followers in the…

Acts 5:12-16 Revelations 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 John 20:19-31 Several years ago, during the Easter Vigil Elaine Prevallet quoted a phrase from a poem of Wendell Berry’s.  He used the expression:…

I came to Loretto on Sept. 15, the feast of our Sorrowful Mother, and it went over my head. But back then our other major feast day, the celebration of…

Isaiah 43: 16-21 Phil. 3: 8-14 John 8:1-11 “Being forgiven by someone is nothing short of an amazing grace.“ In today’s readings we hear from the prophets Isaiah and Paul…

Luke 15: 1-3; 11-32 The story of the Prodigal Son is one of the most famous parables of Jesus.  Many of us could repeat this story almost verbatim.  The traditional…