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The Heart of the Sabbath

Photo of a snail amid phlox with text overlay of the reflection on Luke 6:1-5: "Kindness and mercy give joy to God’s heart. / Sabbaths without mercy his sheep discard."
“The Heart of the Sabbath”
A reflection on Luke 6:1-5
Saturday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Luke 6:1-5

While he was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.… Read the rest

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Lost Sheep Hospital

Photo of a snail among creeping phlox with text overlay of the reflection on Matthew 10:1-7, "Though the whole world was a lost sheep hospital, / The Twelve went first to the house of Israel."
“Lost Sheep Hospital”
A reflection on Matthew 10:1-7
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 10:1-7

Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.… Read the rest