The Raising of Lazarus

In the desert of Lent, we fast from food but feast on the Word of God. The ancient practice of lectio divina, or sacred reading, invites us to chew on the words of Scripture and savor them.

John’s Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Lent exalts Jesus, who has power over life and death.… Read the rest

Lent, Day 27

“Lent, Day 27”
Psalm 34:18 (19)
From the Responsorial Psalm
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang

When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Lent, Day 26

“Lent, Day 26”
Communion Antiphon from Jeremiah 31:33
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us,
written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,
not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

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Lent, Day 25

“Lent, Day 25”
John 11:25 from which the Gospel Acclamation is adapted
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at last he will stand upon the earth;
and after my skin has been thus destroyed,
then from my flesh I shall see God.

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Lent, Day 24

“Lent, Day 24”
Isaiah 55:1 from which the Entrance Antiphon is adapted
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“But whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

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Once Blind, Now Brave

“Once Blind, Now Brave”
A reflection on John 9:1-41
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

A Man Born Blind Receives Sight

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus… Read the rest

Lent, Day 22

“Lent, Day 22”
Psalm Responsory from Hosea 6:6
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’
For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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Lent, Day 21

“Lent, Day 21”
Communion Antiphon from Mark 12:33
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” 

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Lent, Day 20

“Lent, Day 20”
Liturgy of the Hours, Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Office of Readings, First Responsory from 2 Corinthians 3:18
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, was so glorious that the Israelites could not look intently at the face of Moses because of its glory that was going to fade, how much more will the ministry of the Spirit be glorious? 

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Lent, Day 19

“Lent, Day 19”
Communion Antiphon from Psalm 16:11
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
That he may instruct us in his ways,
and we may walk in his paths.”

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