Our Father Makes Us One

A snail and a variety of tulips reflect on the Holy Trinity: "Our Father begets the Son, / Sends the Spirit and makes us one."
โ€œOur Father Makes Us Oneโ€
A reflection on Catechism of the Catholic Church 2789
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

When we pray to “our” Father, we personally address the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By doing so we do not divide the Godhead, since the Father is its “source and origin,” but rather confess that the Son is eternally begotten by him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from him.

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Glory and Love in Trinity

A snail and three tulips reflect on John 17:20-26: "Abba in me and I in thee: Glory and Love in Trinity!"
โ€œGlory and Love in Trinityโ€
John 17:20-26 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 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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The Good Shepherd is a Surety

โ€œThe Good Shepherd is a Suretyโ€
A reflection on John 10:27-30
Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said: โ€œMy sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.

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Lent, Day 31

Two snails on yellow leaves speak John 8:31-32: "If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
โ€œLent, Day 31โ€
John 8:31-32 from the Gospel at Mass
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œI am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.โ€

John 14:6

If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, 
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

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The Parable of the Lost Sons

Prodigal Son, Lost Sons, Shalom Snail
โ€œThe Parable of the Lost Sonsโ€
A reflection on Luke 15:11-32
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, โ€œThis man welcomes sinners and eats with them.โ€

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We Shall Be Like Him

We Shall Be Like Him, Shalom Snail, 1 John 3:1-6
โ€œWe Shall Be Like Himโ€
A reflection on 1 John 3:1-6
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved,

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Who is the Liar?

Who is the Liar, Christ's Anointed, Shalom Snail, 1 John 2:22-29
โ€œChristโ€™s Anointedโ€
A reflection on 1 John 2:22-29
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist. No one who denies the Son has the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

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Abba, Draw Us to Your Son

โ€œAbba, Draw Us to Your Sonโ€
John 6:41-51 in a prayer
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

The Jews murmured about him because he said, โ€œI am the bread that came down from heaven,โ€ and they said, โ€œIs this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?

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We’re All Family in Christ

โ€œWe’re All Family in Christโ€
A reflection on Matthew 12:46-50
Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang


While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him.

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