Shalom for the World

Fourth Sunday of Advent, Shalom Snail, rose and snail
โ€œShalom for the Worldโ€
Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Readings

Micah 5:1-4a
Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
Hebrews 10:5-10
Luke 1:39-45

Jesus and Maryโ€™s โ€œYesโ€ to God

โ€œHe shall be peace (shalom),โ€ Micah declares to the Jews under Assyrian threat (Micah 5:4(5)).… Read the rest

My Words Will Not Pass Away

โ€œMy Words Will Not Pass Awayโ€
Mark 13:31
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Readings

Daniel 12:1-3
Hebrews 10:11-14, 18
Mark 13:24-32

Who is the โ€œSon of Manโ€?

The sun, moon, and stars, symbolizing earthly powers, shine for a time but eventually fade (Mark 13:24-25).… Read the rest

A Blazing Babe

โ€œA Blazing Babeโ€
A reflection on Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Sunday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Moses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin; to him you shall listen.

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Seeds of the Logos

Vincent van Gogh, Sower, 1888

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

Hebrews 10:32-39; Mark 4:26-34

The Word through whom the world came to be knew his creation intimately (John 1:3). Earth, air, soil, and water that composed his own body were fashioned in the beginning by the Spirit of God hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:2).… Read the rest

Through the Veil

Icon of Holy Communion

Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)

Hebrews 10:19-25

Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh, and since we have โ€œa great priest over the house of God,” let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

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