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Isaiah 61, Day 5

Photo of snail and spider flower with text overlay of Isaiah 61:10c about the bridegroom and bride.
“Isaiah 61, Day 5”
Isaiah 61:10c
©️2020 Gloria M. Chang

The eternal Bridegroom and Bride form heaven’s royal temple, sealed in divine splendor.

Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 61:10c

Heavenly Marriage

Biblical marriage between a bridegroom and his bride has royal, sacred, and cosmic significance. … Read the rest

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The Bridegroom and His Guests

Photo of snail amid cleome hassleriana with the Shalom Snail couplet printed.
“The Bridegroom and His Guests”
Luke 5:33-39 “in a snailshell”
Friday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.”

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Lent, Day 23

Lent Day 23, Shalom Snail
“Lent, Day 23”
First Reading at Mass from Isaiah 65:17
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

See, I am creating new heavens
and a new earth;
The former things shall not be remembered
nor come to mind.

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