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Pennies for Paradise

Photo of snail and mums with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Pennies for Paradise."
“Pennies for Paradise”
A reflection on Luke 21:1-4
Monday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2024 Gloria M. Chang

With humble “pennies for paradise,” a widow’s faith ignites the eternal treasury of heaven’s boundless grace.

When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins.

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A Tasty Dish

A photo of a snail among vinca reflecting on the couplet, "A Tasty Dish."
“A Tasty Dish”
A reflection on Matthew 14:13-21
Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself.

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Faithful Friends

“Faithful Friends”
A reflection on Matthew 9:2
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 (revised in 2024) Gloria M. Chang

He entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.

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Like Sparrows

“Like Sparrows”
A reflection on Matthew 10:29-31
Sunday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even

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Lessons from an Axe

Assyrian Relief Attack on Enemy Town from Kalhu (Nimrud) Central Palace during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III (British Museum). Licensed by Allan Gluck under CC-BY-4.0

15th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year II)

Isaiah 10:5-7, 13b-16; Matthew 11:25-27

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