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Israel’s Universal Banquet

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“Israel’s Universal Banquet”
A reflection on Luke 14:15-24
Tuesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
©️2024 Gloria M. Chang

How does Israel’s universal banquet invite everyone to God’s table of grace?

One of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.”

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Spiritual Dropsy

Photo of snail and celosia argentea speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Spiritual Dropsy."
“Spiritual Dropsy”
A reflection on Luke 14:1-6
Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

How does the healing of spiritual dropsy reveal the tension between divine mercy and human pride in Jesus’ encounter with the Pharisees?… Read the rest

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The King’s Invitation

“The King’s Invitation”
A reflection on Matthew 22:1-14
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

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The Spirit of the Lord Fills the World

“The Spirit of the Lord Fills the World”
A reflection on Wisdom 1:1-7
Monday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Love righteousness, you who judge the earth;
think of the Lord in goodness,
and seek him in integrity of heart;
Because he is found by those who do not test him,
and manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him.

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