Christ’s Conquest of Death

Christ's Conquest of Death, Shalom Snail
โ€œChristโ€™s Conquest of Deathโ€
A reflection on 1 Corinthians 15:54-58
Sunday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Brothers and sisters:
When this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:

Death is swallowed up in victory.

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Eve and the Church

Eve and the Church, Shalom Snail
โ€œEve and the Churchโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:1-12, Genesis 2:21-24, and John 19:34
Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The

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The Wedding at Cana

Wedding Feast at Cana, Shalom Snail, mystic wine
โ€œThe Wedding at Canaโ€ John 2:1-11 โ€œin a snailshellโ€ Sunday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time (Year C) ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus

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God’s Seed

God's seed, saints, Shalom Snail, deification
โ€œGodโ€™s Seedโ€
A reflection on 1 John 3:7-10
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

Children, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning.

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We Shall Be Like Him

We Shall Be Like Him, Shalom Snail, 1 John 3:1-6
โ€œWe Shall Be Like Himโ€
A reflection on 1 John 3:1-6
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved,

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Who is the Liar?

Who is the Liar, Christ's Anointed, Shalom Snail, 1 John 2:22-29
โ€œChristโ€™s Anointedโ€
A reflection on 1 John 2:22-29
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist. No one who denies the Son has the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

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Glory to God in the Highest

โ€œGlory to God in the Highestโ€
Luke 2:14 Liturgy of the Hours, Christmas, Benedictus antiphon
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.

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Joy by Fire

Advent, Shalom Snail, Rejoice, Gaudete, Christ
โ€œJoy by Fireโ€
Third Sunday of Advent (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Readings

Zephaniah 3:14-18a
Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 3:10-18

What Do You Want?

On Gaudete (โ€œRejoiceโ€) Sunday, halfway through Advent, God asks us, โ€œWhat do you want for Christmas?โ€… Read the rest

God Never Gives Up

God Never Gives Up, Shalom Snail, Advent
โ€œGod Never Gives Upโ€
Second Sunday of Advent (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Readings

Baruch 5:1-9
Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11
Luke 3:1-6

The Promised Land

Israelโ€™s exodus from Egyptian slavery into the Promised Land of โ€œmilk and honeyโ€ epitomizes humanityโ€™s exodus from sin into the Promised Land of transfigured holiness.… Read the rest

Stars and Saints

Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Fra Angelico, The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs

From eternity the Lord God designed humanity and the cosmos in his image, envisioning the constellation of saints bursting with Christic Light in the heavens. Formed from the dust of the earth, Adam evolves through the eons to completion in Jesus Christ, his descendant and Lordโ€”the Potterโ€™s masterpiece (Isaiah 64:8). … Read the rest