Spiritual Reflections
These are reflections given by Loretto members at Sunday services.
Today’s readings tell the story of Easter according to John and how it unfolded. The story seems to indicate that the disciples of Jesus needed each other to understand what…
Our Jewish kin celebrate Passover this week. Around family tables they are passing on the stories of their ancestors, the story of themselves as a people. We have just read…
Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4/30/1944: “You would be surprised, and perhaps even worried, by my theological thoughts and the conclusions they lead to; and this is where I miss you most of…
John 11:1-45 We just heard a tender story about Martha, Mary, Lazarus and Jesus. The evangelist, John, has Jesus saying that he, Jesus, is the resurrection and the life. John…
Today’s Gospel follows a theme of light and darkness that is spread throughout John’s writings beginning with the prologue where light shines through the darkness. It also follows several previous…
Since the Gospel today is so long, I have selected specific phrases to reflect on, rather than weaving a coherent homily. The story of the “Woman at the Well” is…
Last Sunday we followed Jesus into the desert. Jesus was at the beginning of this work he sensed himself called to do. We were reading from the fourth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel,…
Genesis 2:7… 3:7 Romans 5:12, 17-19 Matthew 3:13, 16-17; 4:1-11 This morning we have in the Genesis…
If the book of Leviticus was written during the time the Israelites were in exile, it is interesting to hypothesize about all of the rulemaking in the book of Leviticus.…
Most of us here have experienced the Catholic Church as it was before Vatican II and after it. Think about the focus on externals before the council. Rituals were very…
I love the story of the woman who was telling her grandchild about the “Flight into Egypt” — how an angel told Joseph to take the child and his mother…
Zep 2:3, 3:12-13 1 Cor. 1:31 Matthew 5:1-12 “Seek justice, seek humility …. I will leave a people humble and lowly.” Zephaniah advises the people…