The Divine Physician

Photo of snail and aquilegia speaking the couplet about the Divine Physician.
โ€œThe Divine Physicianโ€
Mark 2:13-17 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus, the Divine Physician, seeks the sick and sinners, offering healing to all who need His mercy.

Once again he went out along the sea.

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Prayer for Jerusalem

Photo of snail and rose speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Prayer for Jerusalem."
โ€œPrayer for Jerusalemโ€
A reflection on Ezekiel 37:11-14 and Luke 19:41-44
Thursday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

In our collective journey to wholeness, may our Prayer for Jerusalem breathe life into dry bones and fulfill Godโ€™s promise of restoration.… Read the rest

Spiritual Dropsy

Photo of snail and celosia argentea speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Spiritual Dropsy."
โ€œSpiritual Dropsyโ€
A reflection on Luke 14:1-6
Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

How does the healing of spiritual dropsy reveal the tension between divine mercy and human pride in Jesusโ€™ encounter with the Pharisees?… Read the rest

The Good Shepherd

Photo of a baby snail on the back of an adult snail walking on a hydrangea with the Shalom Snail couplet printed above.
โ€œThe Good Shepherdโ€
Matthew 18:12-14 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And

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The Shepherd’s Scent

โ€œThe Shepherdโ€™s Scentโ€
A reflection on Matthew 7:21-23
Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to his disciples: โ€œNot everyone who says to me, โ€˜Lord, Lord,โ€™ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

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God’s Treasure

โ€œGodโ€™s Treasureโ€
Responsorial Psalm 100:3 (2 panels)
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œFor you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.โ€

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No One Can Take My Sheep

A snail and orange-red tulips speak John 10:29-30: "No one can take my sheep out of the Father's hand. The Father and I are one."
โ€œNo One Can Take My Sheepโ€
Adapted from John 10:29-30
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 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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I Am the Gate

A daffodil with a snail resting on it speaks John 10:7: "I AM the gate for the sheep."
โ€œI Am the Gateโ€
John 10:7
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.

John 10:9

I am the gate for the sheep.

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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 27

โ€œLent, Day 27โ€
Psalm 34:18 (19)
From the Responsorial Psalm
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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