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God is Love, Day 3

Photo of snail and dahlia speaking 1 John 4:9, "God sent his only Son into the world..."
“God is Love, Day 3”
1 John 4:9
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang


“The love of God is the cause of the Incarnation.”

St. Thomas Aquinas

In this way the love of God was revealed to us: 
God sent his only Son into the world 
so that we might have life through him.

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Faithful Stewards in the Vineyard of the Lord

Photo of snail and dahlias with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Faithful Stewards in the Vineyard of the Lord."
“Faithful Stewards in the Vineyard of the Lord”
A reflection on Luke 12:39-48
Wednesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Are we faithful stewards, tending the Lord’s vineyard with love?

Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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The Parable of the Wedding Feast

A snail and dahlias speak the Shalom Snail couplet.
“The Parable of the Wedding Feast” Matthew 22:1-14 “in a snailshell” Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time ©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus again in reply spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

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Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, Shalom Snail
“Holy, Holy, Holy”
Sanctus in the Holy Mass from Isaiah 6:3
Sunday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
©2022 Gloria M. Chang

In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were

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