Blind Guides

Photo of a snail on sedum with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
โ€œBlind Guidesโ€
Luke 6:39-40 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

And he told them a parable, โ€œCan a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher.โ€

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Blessed Banquet Guests

โ€œBlessed Banquet Guestsโ€
A reflection on Luke 14:7-14
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.

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The Parable of the Talents

โ€œThe Parable of the Talentsโ€
Matthew 25:14-30 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œIt will be as when a man who was going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

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The Parable of the Wedding Feast

A snail and dahlias speak the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œThe Parable of the Wedding Feastโ€ Matthew 22:1-14 โ€œin a snailshellโ€ Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus again in reply spoke to them in parables, saying, โ€œThe kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

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The Workers in the Vineyard

Snail and American wisteria speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œThe Workers in the Vineyardโ€
Matthew 20:1-16 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œThe kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.

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The Good Shepherd

Photo of a baby snail on the back of an adult snail walking on a hydrangea with the Shalom Snail couplet printed above.
โ€œThe Good Shepherdโ€
Matthew 18:12-14 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And

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A Feast for Watchful Servants

A photo of a snail and spiraea japonica speaking the couplet, "A Feast for Watchful Servants."
โ€œA Feast for Watchful Servantsโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:35-38
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œGird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their masterโ€™s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.

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The Parable of the Rich Fool

Photo of a snail and a black-eyed susan reflecting on the Parable of the Rich Fool.
โ€œThe Parable of the Rich Foolโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:13-21
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, โ€œTeacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.โ€ He replied to him, โ€œFriend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?โ€

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The Parable of the Net

Photo of a snail on evergreen tress overlooking a waterfall and speaking the couplet, "The Parable of the Net."
โ€œThe Parable of the Netโ€
A reflection on Matthew 13:47-50
Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When

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