Love of Enemies

โ€œLove of Enemies” (3 panels)
Matthew 5:43-48 in a quatrain
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 5:43-48

You have heard that it was said, โ€˜You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.โ€™ย … Read the rest

Christ on Retaliation

Photo of snail and silene coronaria speaking the couplet, "Instead of an 'eye for an eye,' / Let the Crucified pacify."
โ€œChrist on Retaliationโ€
A reflection on Matthew 5:38-42
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 5:38-42

You have heard that it was said, โ€˜An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.โ€™ย … Read the rest

Christ Fulfills the Law

Photo of snail and tulip speaking the couplet, "Christ fulfills the Law, / Whole and without flaw."
โ€œChrist Fulfills the Lawโ€
Matthew 5:17-18 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 5:17-18

Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.… Read the rest

Crushed Like Grapes

Photo of snail and roses speaking the couplet about Mark 12:1-12, "On grapes, the Lord hired farmers to tread. / But his Son they crushed into wine and bread."
โ€œCrushed Like Grapesโ€
A reflection on Mark 12:1-12
Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

The beloved Son was crushed like grapes to become the wine that saves us.

The Parable of the Tenants

Gospel

Mark 12:1-12

He began to speak to them in parables.ย … Read the rest

The Invincible Christ

A snail on a daffodil and a hyacinth speak John 14:30: "The ruler of this world has no power over me."
โ€œThe Invincible Christโ€
Abridged from John 14:30
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

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Sent from the Father

Photo of snail and a tulip speaking about the one sent from the Father in John 12:44: "Whoever believes in me believes in the one who sent me."
โ€œSent from the Fatherโ€
John 12:44 (abridged)
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Whoever receives you receives me,
and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

Matthew 10:40

Whoever believes in me
believes in the one who sent me.

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I Am With You Always

A snail, daffodils, and tulips at dawn speak Matthew 28:20: "Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Alleluia!"
โ€œI Am With You Alwaysโ€
Communion Antiphon from Matthew 28:20
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

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Come and See

Two snails and a cave speak the Easter Vespers Antiphon: "Come and see the place where the Lord was buried. Alleluia!"
โ€œCome and Seeโ€
Monday within the Octave of Easter
Liturgy of the Hours, Easter Octave, Vespers Antiphon 2
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Come and see the empty tombโ€”He is risen! Alleluia!

After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And

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The Sealed and Empty Tomb

Photo of snail and daffodils with text overlay of the couplet, "The Sealed and Empty Tomb."
โ€œThe Sealed and Empty Tombโ€
Easter Sunday
A reflection on Matthew 28:1-6 and John 20:19-20
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

The sealed and empty tomb proclaims: Christ rose intact, preserving seals as from the Virgin’s womb.

Matthew 28:1-6 (RSV)

Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulchre.ย … Read the rest