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Spiritual Reflections

These are reflections given by Loretto members at a variety of services.

Reflection on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / September 15, 2024 /
Two colorful banners are side-by-side. The first reads "We give You glory, thanks and praise!" The second reads "Oh bless our works and guide our ways"

God really likes surprises. In 1951 when 15 of my 36 novitiate classmates and I gathered for the first time at lunch in the guest house, which is now Knobs…

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Reflection on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Sue Rogers SL / September 8, 2024 /
sick come Christ his travels

As many of you know my niece, Dominica, and her husband, Fernando, were in a catastrophic car accident in mid-July.  Both were injured.  Fernando suffered massive head trauma and serious…

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Reflection on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / September 1, 2024 /
Watercolor heart

Today Deuteronomy, Psalm 15, James and Jesus according to Luke tell us to act from our hearts. Not to murder or lie or cheat  but to do good.  I think…

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Reflection on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Kathy Wright SL / August 25, 2024 /
A woodchipped path disappears into the green woods.

When I first sat with these readings I connected immediately with the first reading where God is inviting people back to fidelity and a closer relationship. And I think this…

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Reflection on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Mary Swain SL / August 18, 2024 /
a person giving communion bread on hand

John 6:51-58 The words from John that we have just heard speak strongly to those of us who stand within the Christian tradition. The words resonate with anyone who walks…

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Reflection on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / August 11, 2024 /

Sometimes I think the “Jews,” who in John’s Gospel passage for today refers to the religious leaders, get a bad rap. Let’s pretend for a few minutes. Suppose Aiden Miles,…

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Reflection on the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eleanor Craig SL / August 4, 2024 /
human holding a bread

Exodus 16:2-15.                Ephesians 4:17-24.                  John 6:24-35 Bread is the central image of today’s readings, as…

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Reflection on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Kathy Wright SL / July 28, 2024 /

When I read the first reading the first thing that came to my mind was the number of people from the U.S. who came to Haiti and asked why we…

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Reflection on the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Mary Swain SL / July 21, 2024 /

Mark 6:30-34 Earlier in this chapter of Mark’s Gospel Jesus sends out the twelve, two-by-two as we heard from Mary Ann McGivern last Sunday, giving them authority over unclean spirits.…

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Reflection on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / July 14, 2024 /
Two monarch butterflies sit atop a red flower.

Prophecy in Scripture means telling the truth, not telling the future. And the kind of truth-telling none of us like comes from people we think are not as good as…

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Reflection on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / June 30, 2024 /
crop woman with heart on palms

Today’s focus is on faith and courage. We need both. There are two miracles in Mark’s Gospel for today, two of four that explore the power of Jesus during this…

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Reflection on the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Johanna Brian SL / June 16, 2024 /
A woman in a sunhat, sun glasses and shorts leans in with a smile over a burgeoning garden.

Our Gospel today fits right in with the harmony and décor of the zoom meeting we had on Friday. It also reminds us once again of the essential and dynamic…

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