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Go to My Brothers

Two snails and a tulip outside a cave speak John 20:17: "Go to my brothers and tell them, I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."
“Go to My Brothers”
John 20:17b
Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

“I will be with you only a little while longer,
and then I will go to the one who sent me.“

John 7:33

Go to my brothers and tell them,
I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.

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Come and See

Two snails and a cave speak the Easter Vespers Antiphon: "Come and see the place where the Lord was buried. Alleluia!"
“Come and See”
Monday within the Octave of Easter
Liturgy of the Hours, Easter Octave, Vespers Antiphon 2
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Come and see the empty tomb—He is risen! Alleluia!

After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And

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The Sealed and Empty Tomb

Photo of snail and daffodils with text overlay of the couplet, "The Sealed and Empty Tomb."
“The Sealed and Empty Tomb”
Easter Sunday
A reflection on Matthew 28:1-6 and John 20:19-20
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

The sealed and empty tomb proclaims: Christ rose intact, preserving seals as from the Virgin’s womb.

Matthew 28:1-6 (RSV)

Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulchre. … Read the rest