The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

Parable of the Barren Fig Tree, Shalom Snail
โ€œThe Parable of the Barren Fig Treeโ€
A reflection on Luke 13:6-9
Third Sunday of Lent (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

And he told them this parable: โ€œThere once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,ย he said to the gardener, โ€˜For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none.

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My Words Will Not Pass Away

โ€œMy Words Will Not Pass Awayโ€
Mark 13:31
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Readings

Daniel 12:1-3
Hebrews 10:11-14, 18
Mark 13:24-32

Who is the โ€œSon of Manโ€?

The sun, moon, and stars, symbolizing earthly powers, shine for a time but eventually fade (Mark 13:24-25).… Read the rest

Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

โ€œThe Call of Nathanaelโ€
John 1:45-51 in a tercet
Feast of Saint Bartholomew
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Philip found Nathanael and told him, โ€œWe have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.โ€

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Jesus and Zacchaeus

โ€œJesus and Zacchaeusโ€
Luke 19:1-4 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 by Gloria M. Chang

At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So

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