
A reflection on Romans 8:35-39
Sunday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2026 Gloria M. Chang
Second Reading
Romans 8:35, 37-39
Brothers and sisters:
What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will… Read the rest

Journey to Wholeness

Brothers and sisters:
What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will… Read the rest

How will the living stones of the New Jerusalem arise from the templeโs destruction?
… Read the restWhile some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, he said, โAll that you see hereโthe days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.โ

On the feast of Saints Simon and Jude, let us contemplate the image of the Church as living stones built upon Christ the cornerstone.… Read the rest

How does Paulโs Swan Song reveal the heart of a disciple ready to meet his Lord face to face?
… Read the restFor I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand.

The concept of Logoi in the Logos invites us to see ourselves as unique words of God, spoken through Christ, the eternal Word, and called to live in harmony with his divine will.… Read the rest

How does Godโs love draw us toward him as his blooming arrow for eternity?
… Read the restYou were dead in your transgressions and sins in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient. All