The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Photo of snail and hibiscus with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "The Parable of the Persistent Widow."
โ€œThe Parable of the Persistent Widowโ€ Luke 18:1-8 โ€œin a snailshellโ€ Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

What does the parable of the persistent widow reveal about perseverance in prayer?

Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He

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Journey Through a Samaritan Village

Photo of snail and hibiscus with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Journey Through a Samaritan Village."
โ€œJourney Through a Samaritan Villageโ€ Luke 9:51-56 and 2 Kings 1:9-12 โ€œin a snailshellโ€ Tuesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang Revised in 2025

Jesus’ compassionate Journey Through a Samaritan Village reveals his universal love, contrasting the fiery zeal of James and John with his mission of grace.… Read the rest

Get Behind Me, Satan!

A photo of a snail on a hibiscus reflecting on the couplet, "Get behind me, Satan!"
โ€œGet behind me, Satan!โ€
Matthew 16:21-23 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, โ€œWho do people say that the Son of Man is?โ€

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Christ’s Conquest of Death

Christ's Conquest of Death, Shalom Snail
โ€œChristโ€™s Conquest of Deathโ€
A reflection on 1 Corinthians 15:54-58
Sunday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Brothers and sisters:
When this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:

Death is swallowed up in victory.

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Steadfast Light

โ€œSteadfast Lightโ€
James 1:17
Meditation on Light, Series II, Day 1
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 36:7(8)

Traditional Chinese Translation

ใ€Šๅ …ๅฎš็š„ๅ…‰่Š’ใ€‹ย 
ๅ„ๆจฃ็พŽๅ–„็š„ๆฉ่ณœ๏ผŒๅ’Œๅ„ๆจฃๅ…จๅ‚™็š„่ณž๐งถฝ๏ผŒ
้ƒฝๆ˜ฏๅพžไธŠ้ ญไพ†็š„๏ผŒๅพž่ก†ๅ…‰ไน‹็ˆถ้‚ฃ่ฃก้™ไธ‹ไพ†็š„๏ผŒ
ๅœจไป–ไธฆๆฒ’ๆœ‰ๆ”น่ฎŠ๏ผŒไนŸๆฒ’ๆœ‰่ฝ‰ๅ‹•็š„ๅฝฑๅ…’ใ€‚

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The Great Light

โ€œThe Great Lightโ€ (2 panels)
Isaiah 9:1(2)
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 1
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

There is no gloom where there had been distress. Where once he degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, now he has glorified the way of the Sea, the land across the Jordan, Galilee of the Nations.Read the rest