Spiritual Reflections
These are reflections given by Loretto members at Sunday services.
While reading the Gospel several weeks ago, I began to think of the vineyard in the Gospel story as our planet, Earth. The examples of people with true claims to…
Ezekiel 18:25-28. Philippians 2:1-11. Matthew 21:28-32 Whether I am reading the Motherhouse bulletin board or the New York Times, listening to CNN or Fox News, I am uncomfortably…
Turn to the Lord for mercy, to our God who is generous. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. Are you envious because I…
The first reading starts off with some very good news from my perspective. It states that “wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight. The vengeful…
God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. In today’s reading I take on faith these guidelines for life in the…
In the early 1980s, before joining Loretto, my housemate and I agreed to take in a drug and alcohol addicted 15-year-old who had been on the streets prostituting herself to…
Jesus asked, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter responded, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” For once in his life, Peter got…
Midrash is expansive exposition, interpretation and explanation of the text. The facts might be a little misremembered, but the teaching is true. That’s what I remember learning in Scripture class.…
For the past several Sundays, St. Matthew the Evangelist has been weaving the story of Jesus’ ministry as teacher. He has been traveling from town to town publicly giving his…
This has always been a special day for me. I had the privilege of visiting Mount Tabor, the very place where this event took place. It is a fairly high…
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field. What do we treasure enough that we would sell all we have to buy that field? When I…
Today’s Gospel is very complete because Jesus explains it quite well when the disciples ask Him to explain the parable to them. However, as we read it in our own…