Nothing Escapes the Father’s Care

Photo of a baby snail on pink azaleas with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
โ€œNothing Escapes the Fatherโ€™s Careโ€
A reflection on Matthew 10:29-31
Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Fatherโ€™s knowledge.

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Lent, Day 16

Lent Day 16, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 16โ€
Entrance Antiphon from Psalm 145:9
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

Genesis 1:31 (RSV)

How good is the Lord to all, 
compassionate to all his creatures.

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins

โ€œThe Parable of the Ten Virginsโ€
A reflection on Matthew 25:1-13 and Song of Solomon 5:2
Friday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œThen the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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