Render to Caesar

โ€œRender to Caesar” (3 panels)
Mark 12:17 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Mark 12:13-17

Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.… Read the rest

A Fishy Fee

Photo of a fisherman standing in a boat at sea with the Shalom Snail couplet printed.
โ€œA Fishy Feeโ€
A reflection on Matthew 17:24-27
Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Photo by Doni Haris (Pexels)
Poem ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, โ€œDoesnโ€™t your teacher pay the temple tax?โ€

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Doesn’t Your Teacher Pay the Temple Tax?

Photo of snails overlooking a waterfall and speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œDoesnโ€™t Your Teacher Pay the Temple Tax?โ€
Matthew 17:24-27 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, โ€œDoesnโ€™t your teacher pay the temple tax?โ€

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Three Peas

โ€œThree Peasโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty,
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.… Read the rest

The Lord is My Rock

โ€œThe Lord is My Rockโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

Theย Lordย is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 18:2(3), RSV

We can surrender all our cares to the Lord our rock, for he is in charge.… Read the rest

Trust in the Lord

โ€œBetween a rock and a hard placeโ€ฆโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

โ€œBetween a rock and a hard placeโ€ is an American idiom that means: โ€œFacing two equally unpleasant, dangerous, or risky alternatives, where the avoidance of one ensures encountering the harm of the otherโ€ (The Free Dictionary). … Read the rest