Re-Creation of Adam

โ€œRe-Creation of Adamโ€
The Baptism of the Lord (Year B)
A reflection on Mark 1:7-11
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: โ€œOne mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.

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Christmas Bells

โ€œChristmas Bellsโ€
Christmas couplet
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Heaven and earth are united today, for Christ is born! Today God has come upon earth, and humankind gone up to heaven. Today, for the sake of humankind, the invisible one is seen in the flesh.

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Happy Harvest

โ€œHappy Harvestโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

2 Corinthians 9:10

A Harvest of Thanks

The abundant life of grace mirrors the magnanimous fecundity of our Creator.… Read the rest

Our Lady of the Rosary

โ€œOur Lady of the Rosaryโ€ (2 panels)
In commemoration of the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571
Photos from the Mary Garden at the Passionist Monastery in Jamaica, NY
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

From the Liturgy of the Hours for Our Lady of the Rosary:

This commemorative feast was established by Saint Pius V on the anniversary of the naval victory won by the Christian fleet at Lepanto.

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Wine for the Wedding Feast

โ€œWine for the Wedding Feastโ€
A reflection on John 2:1-11
ยฉ๏ธ2023 by Gloria M. Chang

On the third day there was a weddingย in Canaย in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.ย Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.ย 

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Light From Light

โ€œLight From Lightโ€
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 5
From the Liturgy of the Hours, Second Sunday after Christmas, Evening Prayer I, Antiphon 3
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

He who was from the beginning, God from God, Light from Light, is born for us.

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The True Light

โ€œThe True Lightโ€
1 John 2:8b
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 4
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

1 John 2:8b

Light and Love Incarnate

Born anew in Christ and enlivened by the Holy Spirit, children of God walk in the light.… Read the rest

The Great Light

โ€œThe Great Lightโ€ (2 panels)
Isaiah 9:1(2)
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 1
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

There is no gloom where there had been distress. Where once he degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, now he has glorified the way of the Sea, the land across the Jordan, Galilee of the Nations.… Read the rest

For Unto Us a Child is Born

โ€œFor Unto Us a Child is Born”
A reflection on Isaiah 9:5(6)
Christmas Mass During the Night
ยฉ๏ธ2022 by Gloria M. Chang

For a childย is born to us, a son is given to us;
upon his shoulder dominion rests.
They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero,
Father-Forever, Prince of Peace.

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Christ the Lord is Born Today

โ€œChrist the Lord is born todayโ€
Luke 2:8-14 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.

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