The Source of Our Strength

Source of Our Strength, Shalom Snail
โ€œThe Source of Our Strengthโ€
A reflection on Jeremiah 17:5-8
Sunday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Thus says the Lord:
Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings,
who makes flesh his strength,
whose heart turns away from the Lord.

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Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, Shalom Snail
โ€œHoly, Holy, Holyโ€
Sanctus in the Holy Mass from Isaiah 6:3
Sunday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were

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A Gospel for Theophilus

โ€œA Gospel for Theophilusโ€
A reflection on Luke 1:1-4
Sunday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.

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A Light From the Sky

Light from the Sky, Paul's Conversion, Shalom Snail
โ€œA Light From the Skyโ€
A reflection on Acts 9:1-9
The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains.

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The Wedding at Cana

Wedding Feast at Cana, Shalom Snail, mystic wine
โ€œThe Wedding at Canaโ€ John 2:1-11 โ€œin a snailshellโ€ Sunday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time (Year C) ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus

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The Baptism of the Lord

Baptism of the Lord, Shalom Snail
โ€œThe Baptism of the Lordโ€
A reflection on Luke 3:15-16, 21-22
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

The people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah. John answered them all, saying, โ€œI am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming.

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God’s Seed

God's seed, saints, Shalom Snail, deification
โ€œGodโ€™s Seedโ€
A reflection on 1 John 3:7-10
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

Children, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning.

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We Shall Be Like Him

We Shall Be Like Him, Shalom Snail, 1 John 3:1-6
โ€œWe Shall Be Like Himโ€
A reflection on 1 John 3:1-6
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved,

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