
A reflection on Matthew 13:47-50
Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang
Gospel
Matthew 13:47-50
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind.ย … Read the rest

Journey to Wholeness

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind.ย … Read the rest

The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?โ… Read the rest

In Mary’s troubled wonder, a virgin’s humble “yes” welcomed the eternal Son into our world.
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,ย to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virginโs name was Mary.ย … Read the rest

Four fishermen left their nets to join Christโs heavenly fisheriesโcatching souls for eternity.
… Read the restAs he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He

R. The Lord takes delight in his people.
Sing to the LORD a new song
of praise in the assembly of the faithful.
Let Israel be glad in their maker,
let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.… Read the rest

And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us,
written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,
not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

… Read the restChildren, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning.

How does Godโs love draw us toward him as his blooming arrow for eternity?
… Read the restYou were dead in your transgressions and sins in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient. All

31st Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday
Luke 15:1-10
โRejoice with me because I have found my lost sheepโ (Luke 15:6).
โRejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lostโ (Luke 15:9).
โBut now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been foundโ (Luke 15:32).… Read the rest

4th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year I)
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15
The dramatic parade of the โcloud of witnessesโ in Hebrews 11 finds its finale in Jesus Christ, โthe leader and perfecter of faithโ (Hebrews 12:2).… Read the rest