This is the Day

Photo of snail and daffodils with text overlay: "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Alleluia!"
โ€œThis is the Dayโ€
Gospel Acclamation from Psalm 118:24
Saturday within the Octave of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

Philippians 4:4 (NKJV)

This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.

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Praying with the Son

Photo of snail, tulips, and daffodils with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Praying with the Son."
โ€œPraying With the Sonโ€
A reflection on Luke 11:1-4 and Romans 8:14-17
Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Praying with the Son, we embrace our identity as beloved children of God, joining Jesus in the Our Father to address our heavenly Father as โ€œAbba.โ€… Read the rest

Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

Photo of a snail and tulips by a waterfall speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œThe Voice Beyond the Caveโ€
John 20:1-2, 11-18 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.

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Jonah and Jesus

Photo of three snails on tulips next to a waterfall speaking the Shalom Snail poem.
โ€œJonah and Jesusโ€
Matthew 12:38-42 in a tercet
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, โ€œTeacher, we wish to see a sign from you.โ€ He said to them in reply, โ€œAn evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

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Two by Two

โ€œTwo by Twoโ€
Mark 6:7-13 in a quatrain
Sunday of the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang (revised in 2024)

He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

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Why Are You Terrified?

โ€œWhy Are You Terrified?โ€
Inspired by Mark 4:35-41
Sunday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, โ€œLet us cross to the other side.โ€ Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was.

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Seeds of the Kingdom

โ€œSeeds of the Kingdomโ€ (3 panels)
A reflection on Mark 4:26-29 
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

He said, โ€œThis is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.

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I Am the Resurrection

โ€œAll Soulsโ€™ Day Benedictus” (16 panels)
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

The Benedictus antiphon, โ€œI am the Resurrection, I am the Life; to believe in me means life, in spite of death, and all who believe and live in me shall never die,โ€ is taken from the Liturgy of the Hours for All Soulsโ€™ Day.… Read the rest