The Rich Young Man

Snail and coleus speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œThe Rich Young Manโ€
Matthew 19:16-22 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Now someone approached him and said, โ€œTeacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?โ€ He answered him, โ€œWhy do you ask me about the good?

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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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Let the Children Come to Me

Photo of snail amid verbena speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œLet the Children Come to Meโ€
Matthew 19:13-15 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, โ€œLet the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.โ€

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Seventy-Seven Times Forgive

Photo of snail on a goldenrain tree. speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œSeventy-Seven Times Forgiveโ€
Matthew 18:21-35 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then Peter approaching asked him, โ€œLord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?โ€

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Between You and Him Alone

Two snail amid roses speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œBetween You and Him Aloneโ€
Mathew 18:15-20 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Wednesday of the of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œIf your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.

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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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A Fishy Fee

Photo of a fisherman standing in a boat at sea with the Shalom Snail couplet printed.
โ€œA Fishy Feeโ€
A reflection on Matthew 17:24-27
Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Photo by Doni Haris (Pexels)
Poem ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, โ€œDoesnโ€™t your teacher pay the temple tax?โ€

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Doesn’t Your Teacher Pay the Temple Tax?

Photo of snails overlooking a waterfall and speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œDoesnโ€™t Your Teacher Pay the Temple Tax?โ€
Matthew 17:24-27 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, โ€œDoesnโ€™t your teacher pay the temple tax?โ€

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A Mustard Seed of Faith

โ€œA Mustard Seed of Faithโ€
Matthew 17:14-20 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When they came to the crowd a man approached, knelt down before him, and said, โ€œLord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water.

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In His Father’s Glory

โ€œIn His Fatherโ€™s Gloryโ€
A reflection on Matthew 16:27
Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to his disciples, โ€œWhoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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