You Were Once Aliens

โ€œYou Were Once Aliensโ€
A reflection on Exodus 22:21(20) and Matthew 22:34-40
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Thus says the LORD: “You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.โ€

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On Eagles’ Wings

โ€œOn Eaglesโ€™ Wingsโ€
A reflection on Exodus 19:2-6a
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 by Gloria M. Chang

After they made the journey from Rephidim and entered the wilderness of Sinai, they then pitched camp in the wilderness. While Israel was encamped there in front of the mountain,ย Moses went up to the mountain of God.

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Lamps in the Light

Fourth Week of Lent, Thursday

Exodus 32:7-14; John 5:31-47 

He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than Johnโ€™s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent meโ€ฆ For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.

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