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On Eagles’ Wings

Photo of snail and rose with text overlay of the couplet, "On eagles' wings, I bore you here / To be my own, a people dear."
“On Eagles’ Wings”
A reflection on Exodus 19:2-6a
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

From Egyptian slavery to God’s holy nation—borne on eagles’ wings

First Reading

Exodus 19:2-6a

After they made the journey from Rephidim and entered the wilderness of Sinai, they then pitched camp in the wilderness.… Read the rest

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God’s Treasure

“God’s Treasure”
Responsorial Psalm 100:3 (2 panels)
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”

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Seven Loaves

Photo of snail and tulips speaking the couplet about seven loaves from Mark 8.
“Seven Loaves”
A reflection on Mark 8:1-10
Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
©2022 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus multiplied seven loaves to feed thousands, prefiguring the abundant kingdom banquet for all nations.

Gospel

Mark 8:1-10

In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If… Read the rest

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Beyond Consanguinity

Photo of snail and rose with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Beyond Consanguinity."
“Beyond Consanguinity”
A reflection on Luke 14:25-26
Wednesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

What does it mean to love beyond consanguinity and place Christ above all earthly ties?

Great crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and addressed them, “If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

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True Blessedness

Photo of snail and autumn crocus with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "True Blessedness."
“True Blessedness”
Luke 11:27-28 “in a snailshell”
Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

True blessedness lies in hearing and keeping God’s word, as exemplified by the Blessed Virgin Mary.

As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!” 

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Duel with the Devil

Duel with the Devil, Shalom Snail
“Duel with the Devil”
A reflection on Luke 4:1-13
First Sunday of Lent (Year C)
©️2025 Gloria M. Chang

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.

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We Are Our Neighbors’ Keepers

“We Are Our Neighbors’ Keepers”
Mark 9:42-48 in a “snailshell”
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If

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The Greatest Commandment

Shema Yisrael at the Knesset Menorah in Jerusalem
(Licensed by Rabanus Flavus under CC-BY-SA-3.0)

9th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday

Mark 12:28-34

A Scribe’s Query

Most encounters between Jesus and the teachers of the Law end in confrontation, but in this passage, we meet a thoughtful and spiritually discerning son of Israel. … Read the rest