What Word Is This?

Photo of snail and blue mistflower speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œWhat Word is This?โ€
Luke 4:31-37 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus then went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority.

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A Mustard Seed of Faith

โ€œA Mustard Seed of Faithโ€
Matthew 17:14-20 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When they came to the crowd a man approached, knelt down before him, and said, โ€œLord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water.

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Lukewarm Laodicea

โ€œLukewarm Laodiceaโ€
A reflection on Revelation 3:14-22
Tuesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time (Year II)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Click phonetics for the pronunciation of Laodicea.

“To the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write this:

โ€œโ€˜The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the source of Godโ€™s creation, says this: โ€œI know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot.

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