The Twelve Apostles

Photo of snail and pansies with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
โ€œThe Twelve Apostlesโ€
Luke 6:12-16 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

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Blessed Banquet Guests

โ€œBlessed Banquet Guestsโ€
A reflection on Luke 14:7-14
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.

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The Narrow Gate

Photo of snail on coneflowers with the Shalom Snail couplet above.
โ€œThe Narrow Gateโ€
A reflection on Luke 13:22-30
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?โ€

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Paradox of Peace

A snail and begonias speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œParadox of Peaceโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:49-53
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œI have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do

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A Feast for Watchful Servants

A photo of a snail and spiraea japonica speaking the couplet, "A Feast for Watchful Servants."
โ€œA Feast for Watchful Servantsโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:35-38
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œGird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their masterโ€™s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.

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The Parable of the Rich Fool

Photo of a snail and a black-eyed susan reflecting on the Parable of the Rich Fool.
โ€œThe Parable of the Rich Foolโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:13-21
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, โ€œTeacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.โ€ He replied to him, โ€œFriend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?โ€

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