“Is the Trinity Like a Symphony? (Part 2)” (2 panels)
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Is the Trinity Like a Symphony?
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
What is Harmony? (Part 2)
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
Finitude Undergirds Relativity
In a tonal song, all of the tones relate to a single key. Relativity of tones lies at the heart of tonal music. Finitude undergirds relativity, as form and limit give rise to systems of interrelatedness.… Read the rest
What is Harmony?
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
Groping Towards the Light
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 2:41-51
The hidden years at Nazareth are shrouded in mystery. To what extent did Mary and Joseph realize that their son was divine? Luke’s Gospel tells us that when the boy was found in the temple after being missing for three days, “they did not understand what he said to them.”… Read the rest
Beyond Contradiction
10th week in Ordinary Time, Friday
1 Kings 19:9-16, Psalm 27, Matthew 5:27-32
After a long, thunderous showdown with the prophets of Baal, ending with their destruction, Elijah was a prophet on the run from the wrath of Jezebel. The Lord listened to his complaints under a broom tree, fed him, and strengthened him for a long journey on foot to Mount Horeb.… Read the rest
In the Image of the Trinity
A Trinitarian Universe
The revelation of the Trinity bathes the whole of reality in a new light, transforming every domain of human life. What does a tri-personal universe look like?
Let us listen to St.… Read the rest
A Summary of Pentecost
Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23
When the Holy Spirit descends,
Fearful fishermen
Become fearless preachers.
Tongues of fire
Replace the babble of Babel,
Uniting in Christ
What Adam fragmentized.
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,”
Except by the Spirit,
And it is the Spirit who cries out,
“Abba, Father!”… Read the rest
Mysteries Too Deep
6th Week of Easter, Saturday
John 16:23-28
The Hour is Coming
“On that day” of rejoicing, Jesus says, “you will not question me about anything.” But on this day, “whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.”… Read the rest
The Eyes of the Heart
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:17-23, Matthew 28:16-20
Spirit Ignites Spirit
At the empty tomb and the Ascension in Luke’s writings, two men dressed in white suddenly appear and ask, “Why?” Heaven seems amused by these scenarios.… Read the rest