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,

Read the rest

Who is the Liar?

Who is the Liar, Christ's Anointed, Shalom Snail, 1 John 2:22-29
โ€œChristโ€™s Anointedโ€
A reflection on 1 John 2:22-29
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist. No one who denies the Son has the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

Read the rest

There is No Rose of Such Virtue

There is no rose of such virtue,  Mary, Mother of God, Shalom Snail
โ€œThere is No Rose of Such Virtueโ€
Traditional English Christmas Carol, c.1420
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

There is no rose of such virtue 
As is the rose that bare Jesu; 
Alleluia. 

For in this rose contained was 
Heaven and earth in little space; 
Res miranda. 

Read the rest

Joseph, Flee to Egypt!

โ€œJoseph, Flee to Egypt!โ€
Matthew 2:13-18 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Feast of the Holy Innocents
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, โ€œRise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you.

Read the rest

John Saw and Believed

โ€œJohn Saw and Believedโ€
John 20:1-8 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.

Read the rest

Glory to God in the Highest

โ€œGlory to God in the Highestโ€
Luke 2:14 Liturgy of the Hours, Christmas, Benedictus antiphon
ยฉ๏ธ2020 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.

Read the rest

Joy by Fire

Advent, Shalom Snail, Rejoice, Gaudete, Christ
โ€œJoy by Fireโ€
Third Sunday of Advent (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Readings

Zephaniah 3:14-18a
Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 3:10-18

What Do You Want?

On Gaudete (โ€œRejoiceโ€) Sunday, halfway through Advent, God asks us, โ€œWhat do you want for Christmas?โ€… Read the rest

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.

Read the rest

Guiding Light

โ€œGuiding Lightโ€
Psalm 119:105
Meditation on Light, Series II, Day 2
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,
but will have the light of life.

John 8:12

Traditional Chinese Translation

ใ€ŠๆŒ‡ๆ˜Ž็‡ˆใ€‹
่ขฎ็š„่ฉฑๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘่…ณๅ‰็š„็‡ˆ๏ผŒๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘่ทฏไธŠ็š„ๅ…‰ใ€‚

Read the rest