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A Camel Through a Needle’s Eye

Photo of a snail walking on a coleus with text overlay of the poetic reflection on Matthew 19:23-24: "It’s easier for a camel to pass through a needle’s eye / Than for the rich to detach from stockpiles and supply."
“A Camel Through a Needle’s Eye”
Matthew 19:23-24 “in a snailshell”
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 19:23-24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.… Read the rest

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The Rich Young Man

Snail and coleus speaking the couplet about the Rich Young Man. The coleus says, "Why is our rich young friend sad today?" The snail answers, "He's torn between wealth and the poor Christ's way."
“The Rich Young Man”
Matthew 19:16-22 “in a snailshell”
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 19:16-22

Now someone approached him and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good?… Read the rest

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Lent, Day 9

My soul waits for the Lord, Lent Day 9, Shalom Snail
“Lent, Day 9”
Psalm 130:6-7 from the Responsorial Psalm
Friday of the First Week of Lent
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang


“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”

Lamentations 3:24 (RSV)

My soul waits for the Lord 
more than sentinels wait for the dawn. 

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Lent, Day 8

Ask Seek Knock, Lent Day 8, Shalom Snail
“Lent, Day 8”
Matthew 7:8
Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat Antiphon
Thursday of the First Week of Lent
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)

Ask and you shall receive, 
seek and you shall find, 
knock and the door shall be opened to you.

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With God All Things Are Possible

“For God All Things Are Possible”
Mark 10:17-30 “in a snailshell”
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

As Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And

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