David’s Messianic Prophecy

“David’s Messianic Prophecy”
Mark 12:35-37 “in a snailshell”
Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David?

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Let Us Love One Another in God

“Let Us Love One Another in God”
Mark 12:28-34 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”

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Render to Caesar

“Render to Caesar” (3 panels)
Mark 12:17 “in a snailshell”
Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.

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Crushed Like Grapes

“Crushed Like Grapes”
A reflection on Mark 12:1-12
Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

The Parable of the Tenants

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower.

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Three Peas

“Three Peas”
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang

Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty,
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.

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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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By What Authority?

“By What Authority?”
A reflection on Mark 11:27-33
Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

They returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things?

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Pray and Believe

“Pray and Believe”
Mark 11:24 “in a snailshell”
Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer,
believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.

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Blind Bartimaeus


“Blind Bartimaeus”
Mark 10:46-52 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.

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The Infant in My Womb Leapt for Joy

“The Infant in My Womb Leapt for Joy”
A reflection on Wisdom 18:15, Luke 1:39-45, John 3:29
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang

…your all-powerful word leapt from heaven, from the royal throne, into the midst of the land that was doomed…

Wisdom 18:15 (New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised)

During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When

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