Figgy Sign of Eternity

Photo of snail on a fig tree with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Figgy Sign of Eternity."
โ€œFiggy Sign of Eternityโ€
A reflection on Luke 21:29-33
Friday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus gives us the figgy sign of eternity, lifting our gaze from the turning seasons to the timeless kingdom already breaking in.… Read the rest

Before the Foundation of the World

A snail and three tulips reflect on John 17:20-26 and Ephesians 1:3-6: "Love has no beginning but made all things to be. Abba, before all worlds, called us to unity."
โ€œBefore the Foundation of the Worldโ€
A reflection on John 17:20-26 and Ephesians 1:3-6
Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œI pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And

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Faithful Friends

โ€œFaithful Friendsโ€
A reflection on Matthew 9:2
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ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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