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Kinship With Christ

Photo of snail and rose speaking the couplet about kinship with Christ.
“Kinship With Christ”
Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
A reflection on Mark 3:31-35
©2023 Gloria M. Chang

Kinship with Christ transcends blood: whoever does God’s will becomes his mother, brother, sister. 

The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house.

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True Blessedness

Photo of snail and autumn crocus with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "True Blessedness."
“True Blessedness”
Luke 11:27-28 “in a snailshell”
Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

True blessedness lies in hearing and keeping God’s word, as exemplified by the Blessed Virgin Mary.

As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!” 

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