Medicine of Immortality

“Medicine of Immortality”
John 6:57
Friday of the Third Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang


Come together in common one and all without exception in charity, in one faith and in one Jesus Christ, who is of the race of David according to the flesh, the Son of man and Son of God … and break one bread, which is the medicine of immortality and the antidote against death, enabling us to live forever in Jesus Christ.

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Living Bread

“Living Bread”
John 6:51
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

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Taste and See

“Taste and See”
Psalm 34:8 (9) from the Responsorial Psalm
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.

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Temptation of Christ

“Temptation of Christ”
A reflection on Matthew 4:1-11
First Sunday of Lent (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry.

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Bread of Life

“Bread of Life”
John 6:35 From the Gospel at Mass
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

John 6:35

I AM the Bread of Life.

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Jubilee, Day 7

“Jubilee, Day 7”
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

As manna rained in the wilderness

Then the Lord said to Moses: I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not. On

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The Jar of Flour Shall Not Go Empty

“The jar of flour shall not go empty”
1 Kings 17:10-16 “in a snailshell”
Sunday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

In those days, Elijah the prophet went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the entrance of the city, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called out to her, “Please bring me a small cupful of water to drink.”

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Does This Shock You?

“Does this shock you?”
John 6:60-69 “in a snailshell” 
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you?

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