Marana tha!

โ€œMarana tha!โ€
A reflection on 1 Corinthians 16:22 and Revelation 22:20
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Marana tha.

1 Corinthians 16:22

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The Faith of a Centurion

โ€œThe Faith of a Centurionโ€
Luke 7:1-10 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Monday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When he had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him.

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Trinity Sunday

โ€œGlory Be Doxologyโ€
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang
Andrei Rublev, Icon of the Trinity (15th century)

I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.

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Our Forsaken Lord

โ€œOur Forsaken Lordโ€
Palm Sunday of the Lordโ€™s Passion (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. And

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Jerusalem, Your Light Has Come

โ€œJerusalem, Your Light Has Comeโ€
Isaiah 60:1
From the Liturgy of the Hours, Epiphany, Morning Prayer, Antiphon 3
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Arise! Shine, for your light has come,
the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.
Though darkness covers the earth,
and thick clouds, the peoples,
Upon you the Lord will dawn,
and over you his glory will be seen.

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Seal of the Saints

โ€œSeal of the Saintsโ€
Revelation 7:2-4 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Vigil of All Saints Day
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, โ€œDo not damage the land or the sea or the trees until we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.โ€

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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 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