General information from the Loretto Community.
We are celebrating the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the founder of the See of Rome and the Apostle of the Gentiles. They are celebrated together because they are both considered foundational pillars of the Church, and tradition holds…
Enjoy an auditory visit to Loretto Motherhouse! Click below to listen to this short sound recording of bird calls recorded on site. The screenshots below are from the Merlin app, created by the Cornell Ornithology department and identify the birds…
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 appearances, regardless of the most distressing breaking news, our world…
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 before dinner said, “In the name of the Father, the…
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 freedom to be the kind of country our forefathers established.…
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 he knows the end is near. We know that John…
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, and so they brought many of their traditions and customs…
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, in listening to a panel discussion at Georgetown University in…
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 before God and God wiping every tear from their eye;…
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 early days after his death and resurrection. They are perfect…
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: “Practice resurrection.” In the last month, the daffodils and jonquils…
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 the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, happened on…