Israel’s Universal Banquet

Photo of snail and wild flowers with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Israel's Universal Banquet."
โ€œIsraelโ€™s Universal Banquetโ€
A reflection on Luke 14:15-24
Tuesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ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, โ€œBlessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.โ€

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Spiritual Dropsy

Photo of snail and celosia argentea speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Spiritual Dropsy."
โ€œSpiritual Dropsyโ€
A reflection on Luke 14:1-6
Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

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

The Spirit of the Lord Fills the World

โ€œThe Spirit of the Lord Fills the Worldโ€
A reflection on Wisdom 1:1-7
Monday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)
ยฉ๏ธ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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