
A reflection on Matthew 5:13-16
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©2023 by Gloria M. Chang
… Read the restJesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restJesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
… Read the restWhen Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
… Read the restNow Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains.
The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
1 John 2:8b
Born anew in Christ and enlivened by the Holy Spirit, children of God walk in the light.… Read the rest
“The Great Light” (2 panels)
Isaiah 9:1(2)
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 1
©️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
… Read the restIn the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
The shepherds went in haste and found Mary and Joseph,
with the child cradled in a manger.… Read the rest
… Read the restOn 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 restStephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.
… Read the restThis is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.