Sailing With Christ

Sailing With Christ, Shalom Snail
โ€œSailing with Christโ€
A reflection on Mark 6:30-34
Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022โ€“2025 Gloria M. Chang

Sailing with Christ brings the rest your weary soul desperately needs.

The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. HeRead the rest

The Shepherd’s Staff

Photo of snail and peonies speaking the tercet, "The Shepherd's Staff."
โ€œThe Shepherdโ€™s Staffโ€
A reflection on Mark 6:8; Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:4
Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

The shepherd’s staff: apostles sent with authority, yet empty-handed, guided by Christ’s rod alone.

And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

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The Beatitudes of Christ

Photo of tulips speaking the couplet, "The Beatitudes of Christ."
โ€œThe Beatitudes of Christโ€
A reflection on Matthew 5:1-12a
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Discover the beatitudes of Christ: Jesus’ upside-down blueprint for true blessedness and sanctity.

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

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Sleep, Jesus, Sleep

Photo of petunias speaking the couplet, "Sleep, Jesus, Sleep."
โ€œSleep, Jesus, Sleepโ€
A reflection on Mark 4:35-41
Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 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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Heavenly Fisheries

Photo of two seagulls on an ocean bank speaking the couplet about heavenly fisheries.
โ€œHeavenly Fisheriesโ€
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
A reflection on Matthew 4:18-22
ยฉ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Four fishermen left their nets to join Christโ€™s heavenly fisheriesโ€”catching souls for eternity.

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He

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Walking on Water with Jesus

Photo of tulips and a snail speaking the poem, "Walking on Water with Jesus."
โ€œWalking on Water with Jesusโ€
Matthew 14:22-33 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then he made the disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

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Saint James, Apostle

Photo of snail and roses speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œSaint James, Apostleโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:35-45 and Acts 12:1-3
Feast of Saint James, Apostle
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, โ€œTeacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.โ€ And

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Neither Gold Nor Silver

Photo of two snails on a hydrangea speaking the poetic couplet of the day.
โ€œNeither Gold Nor Silverโ€
A reflection on Matthew 10:7-10
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

As you go, make this proclamation: โ€˜The kingdom of heaven is at hand.โ€™ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.

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