Signs of the Times

Photo of snail and dahlia speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Signs of the Times."
โ€œSigns of the Timesโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:54-56
Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How can we discern the true signs of the times when spiritual blindness obscures the divine wonders unfolding before us?… Read the rest

By What Authority?

โ€œBy What Authority?โ€
A reflection on Mark 11:27-33
Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

They returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, โ€œBy what authority are you doing these things?

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When Truth is Silent

Christ Pantocrator, Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Cefalรน, Sicily, 12th century. Licensed by Andreas Wahra under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Monday of the Third Week of Advent

Psalm 25; Matthew 21:23-27

When Jesus had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, โ€œBy what authority are you doing these things? And

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