From Affliction to Glory: Christโ€™s Redemptive Tapestry

Photo of snail on a rose speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œSuffering With Christโ€
A reflection on Colossians 1:24-28
Sunday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, of which I am a minister in accordance with Godโ€™s stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past.

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