Spiritual Reflections

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

Reflection on the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Johanna Brian SL / October 15, 2023 /

A woman with short, grey hair and glasses, wearing a blue shirt standing up conversing with a table of men eating a meal in an indoor cafeteria.

In today’s Gospel reading from Matthew, Jesus tells another parable addressed to the Jewish leaders. He is just weeks away from trial and execution and his contentious relationship with them…

Reflection on the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Kathy Wright SL / October 8, 2023 /

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…

Reflection on the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eleanor Craig SL / October 1, 2023 /

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…

Reflection on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Loretto Community / September 24, 2023 /

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…

Reflection on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Kathy Wright SL / September 17, 2023 /

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…

Reflection on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Maria Visse SL / September 10, 2023 /

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…

Reflection on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Kathy Wright SL / September 3, 2023 /

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…

Reflection on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / August 27, 2023 /

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…

Reflection on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / August 20, 2023 /

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.…

Reflection on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Agnes Ann Schum SL / August 13, 2023 /

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…

Reflection on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

By Eileen Custy SL / August 6, 2023 /

South transept window, St Mary & All Saints' church, Chesterfield

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…

Reflection on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / July 30, 2023 /

Heads of grass in a field glow golden in the sun.

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…

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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.