Trinity Sunday

“Glory Be Doxology”
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang
Andrei Rublev, Icon of the Trinity (15th century)

I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.

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Glory and Love in Trinity

“Glory and Love in Trinity”
John 17:20-26 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“I 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. 

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I Am Not Alone

“I Am Not Alone”
John 16:32, abridged
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.

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I Revealed Your Name

“I Revealed Your Name”
A reflection on John 17:1-11a
Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him.

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Beyond Figures

“Beyond Figures”
John 16:25
Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.

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I Will Not Leave You Orphans

“I Will Not Leave You Orphans”
A reflection on John 14:15-21
Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him.

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Beholding the Father in the Son

“Beholding the Father in the Son”
A reflection on John 14:1-12
Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.

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I Am in the Father

“I Am in the Father”
John 14:10
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.

John 1:18

Do you not believe that I am in the Father
and the Father is in me?

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No One Can Take My Sheep

“No One Can Take My Sheep”
Adapted from John 10:29-30
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

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