Loretto: For All the Saints!
Posted on April 13, 2026, by Loretto Community
There is a great song many choirs sing during the Easter season. A line from the chorus goes like this:
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Shine Jesus, Shine. Fill this land with the Savior’s Glory.
By Graham Kendrick
Blaze, Spirit, Blaze. Set our hearts on fire!
That is the song the saints sing in praise of God. The saints enter God’s brightness, and by that brightness become people of truth and grace. Their hearts are on fire for God, and lives show it. Their stories tell the story of God. Saints of old, saints of now, be with us. Set our hearts on fire.
Favorite Loretto saints include Sts. Lucy, Agnes, Catherine, Mary Magdalene, Joan of Arc, Theresa, Elizabeth, Anna, Martha, Hildegund, Dorothee, Rosa and more; St. Joseph, who served as the inspiration of the original name of Loretto’s Infirmary; St. Charles Borromeo, for the Rev. Charles Nerinckx, our priest-founder; St. Stephen, for the Loretto Motherhouse land; all the Guardian Angels – for safety and protection; the Apostles and Disciples, Ignatius, Bede, and Isadore for our farmers; and Mary under all her titles, especially Our Lady of Sorrows and Mt. Carmel.
Who are your favorite saints? Who has set your heart on fire?
“And let perpetual light shine on them.”
