A Light for Revelation to the Gentiles

โ€œA Light For Revelation to the Gentilesโ€
Luke 2:22-35 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, โ€œEvery male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,โ€ and to offer the sacrifice of โ€œa pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,โ€ in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.

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The Root of Jesse, Day 2

Photo of snail and rosebud speaking Isaiah 11:2a, "The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding."
โ€œThe Root of Jesse, Day 2โ€
Isaiah 11:2a
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

True wisdom is not mere knowledgeโ€”it is the Spirit-given skill to discern, to craft, and to build what endures, from the tabernacle in the wilderness to the eternal house of God.… Read the rest

All Saints’ Day

Photo of snail and lantana speaking the Benedictus antiphon of the Solemnity of All Saints' Day, "The saints will shine like the sun."
โ€œThe saints will shine like the sunโ€
Benedictus Antiphon, Solemnity of All Saints
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

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God Made All Things Good

Peter’s vision of a sheet with animals, from Acts 10; illustration from Henry Davenport Northrop, “Treasures of the Bible,” published 1894.

5th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year I)

Genesis 1:20โ€”2:4a; Mark 7:1-13

Then God said: Let the earth bring forth every kind of living creature: tame animals, crawling things, and every kind of wild animal.

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