Spiritual Reflections
These are reflections given by Loretto members at Sunday services.
Isaiah 53:10-11 Hebrews 4: 14-16 Mark 10-35-45 For the last couple of months of Sunday readings, we have heard Jesus teaching his…
Mark 10:17-30 or Mark 10:17-27 Hebrews 4:12-13 Wisdom 7:7-11 Today’s Gospel reminds me of one of my favorite stories from John Dominic Crossan, who many of you will remember from…
When I first read the readings for today I wished that I had chosen a different Sunday. As I sat with these readings in these weeks leading up to the…
Numbers 11:25-29 James 5:1-6 Mark 9:38 … 48 “Whoever is not against us is for us.” With these cryptic words, Jesus breaks through the partisan clannishness of his disciples and…
When I was still in the classroom many years ago, the children would often ask me as to why Jesus would tell his disciples not to tell anyone after He…
Isaiah 50:4-9; Mark 8:27-35 We can imagine the scene we have just heard described. Jesus and a few others walking along the road, maybe on a day like this, heading…
“ Here comes your God . . . who comes to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared.” In…
Three phrases stand out in today’s readings: From the Old Testament: “For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the Lord our God is…
Today’s Gospel reminds me of a story I heard some years ago. During WW II when jobs were scarce, a telegraph operator job came open and many people showed up…
Revelation 11:19; 12:1-10 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Luke 7:39-56 When I rose early this morning, my Amaryllis had opened two glorious red blooms…
Today’s readings start with a story from the Book of Kings, concerning the prophet Elijah, who has fallen into trouble with the powers that be. He fears he’ll be killed,…
I have never known real hunger, hardship or food scarcity and I have never been enslaved like the Israelites in the first reading. But it is not hard for me…