22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)
Luke 6:1-5
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.… Read the rest
The Law Incarnate
Kingdom of the Little Ones
Deuteronomy 7:6-11, 1 John 4:7-16, Matthew 11:25-30
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
“God is Love.”
Like an owl squinting in sunlight, the eyes of humankind open gradually to the truth of who we are as a people and who God is.… Read the rest
Glorify God in Your Body
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
A Summary of Pentecost
Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23
When the Holy Spirit descends,
Fearful fishermen
Become fearless preachers.
Tongues of fire
Replace the babble of Babel,
Uniting in Christ
What Adam fragmentized.
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,”
Except by the Spirit,
And it is the Spirit who cries out,
“Abba, Father!”… Read the rest
The Eyes of the Heart
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:17-23, Matthew 28:16-20
Spirit Ignites Spirit
At the empty tomb and the Ascension in Luke’s writings, two men dressed in white suddenly appear and ask, “Why?” Heaven seems amused by these scenarios.… Read the rest