Spiritual Reflections

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

Reflection on the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / July 5, 2020 /

“The Spirit of God dwells in you!” Powerful words, Transforming words. “The Spirit of God dwells in each of us.” What do those words mean to you? Are they just…

Reflection on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Elaine Prevallet SL / June 28, 2020 /

Matthew 10:37-42 What I’ll be saying this morning can’t really be called a homily. I won’t be teaching anything; it’s just my own reflection on a Gospel passage that troubles me, and…

Reflection on the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Mary Swain SL / June 21, 2020 /

Jeremiah 20:10-13, Matthew 10:26-33 “Fear no one,” we just heard read at the beginning of today’s Gospel. Jesus said to the Twelve, “Fear no one.” To back up this command,…

Reflection on the Feast of Corpus Christi

By Eleanor Craig SL / June 14, 2020 /

Today’s feast of Corpus Christi is about sacraments. It encourages us to reflect on the ways God uses the most simple human realities to bring us to the holy, how…

Reflection on the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

By Johanna Brian SL / June 7, 2020 /

One of my favorite Peanuts comics shows Linus, Lucy and Charlie Brown looking at the clouds and reporting what they see. Linus sees Beethoven, Lucy sees the Statue of Liberty…

Reflection on Pentecost Sunday

By Eileen Custy SL / May 31, 2020 /

Recently, in my reading I came across this sentence that caught my attention: We like to think that we base our beliefs on evidence, but far more often we arrange…

Reflection on the Seventh Sunday of Easter

By Maureen McCormack SL / May 24, 2020 /

An intricate archway with a painting of sun rays on a blue background.

These days of the Easter season are filled with remarkable events as recorded in the Scriptures. Sister Jeanne Dueber calls these events to our attention through her Stations of Life…

Reflection on the Feast of the Ascension

By Mary Swain SL / May 21, 2020 /

In Matthew’s Gospel, in the section of the Gospel right before what we heard a few minutes ago, the women have just told the disciples, the eleven, that Jesus is…

Reflection on the Sixth Sunday of Easter

By Elaine Prevallet SL / May 17, 2020 /

John 14:15-21 Today’s Gospel takes us right into the heart, the human heart, and the core, the center of Jesus’ message. Jesus is preparing his disciples for his departure, and…

Reflection on the Fifth Sunday of Easter

By Mary Swain SL / May 10, 2020 /

A close-up of a cream white quilt with a light blue circle with water lily patterns within and a border of eight red diamond patches surrounding the circle.

These Easter days are so full of energy and life. The disciples are off and running to tell the various communities about Jesus and about The Way. The reading from…

Reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Easter

By Eleanor Craig SL / May 3, 2020 /

Acts 2:14, 36-41 Psalm 23 (24) 1 Peter 2:20-25 John 10:1-10 Last Sunday we had the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus and how they recognized…

Reflection on the Third Sunday of Easter

By Maureen McCormack SL / April 26, 2020 /

I love this Gospel (Luke 24:13-35), so many things about it, even the ring of the phrase “on the road to Emmaus.” So two of Jesus’ disciples were on the…

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The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.