Kosher Hearts

Photo of snail and globe amaranth speaking the couplet, "Kosher Hearts."
โ€œKosher Heartsโ€
A reflection on Mark 7:14-23
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Cultivate kosher hearts: purity from within defeats evil, revealing God’s light.

Gospel

Mark 7:14-23

Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, โ€œHear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing… Read the rest

The Woman and the Dragon

Photo of snail on dahlia with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
โ€œThe Woman and the Dragonโ€
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Godโ€™s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. 

A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

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Filled With God

โ€œFilled With Godโ€
A reflection on Romans 12:1-2
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do

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Word and Eternal Life

Andrei Rublev, Icon of the Most Holy Trinity

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter

John 12:44-50

Jesus cried out and said, โ€œWhoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me, and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.

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Beyond Descartes

Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)

Hebrews 4:1-5, 11; Mark 2:1-12

The aim of the Christian life may be expressed in many ways: union with God, communion in the Trinity, deification (theosis), the acquisition of the Holy Spirit, returning to the Fatherโ€™s house (the heavenly Jerusalem), or in the words of the author of Hebrews, entering into Godโ€™s Sabbath โ€œrest.โ€… Read the rest

“Behold, I am coming soon”

“Be vigilant at all times and pray that you may have the strength to stand before the Son of Man.”

34th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)

Revelation 22:1-7; Luke 21:34-36 

Jesus said to his disciples: โ€œBeware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.Read the rest