Lent, Day 33

A snail and a hyacinth speak John 10:38: "The Father is in me and I am in the Father."
โ€œLent, Day 33โ€
John 10:38 from the Gospel at Mass
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.

John 1:1

The Father is in me
and I am in the Father.

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Lent, Day 12

Lent Day 12, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 12โ€
Matthew 23:10
Liturgy of the Hours, Canticle of Zechariah
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang


For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.

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Lent, Day 11

Spirit and Life, Lent Day 11, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 11โ€
Gospel Acclamation from John 6:63c, 68c
Monday of the Second Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus
from the law of sin and death.

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Isaiah 35, Day 1

Shalom Snail, Isaiah 35, Advent, Silent Waiting
โ€œIsaiah 35, Day 1โ€
Isaiah 35:1
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

The wilderness and the parched land will exult;
the Arabah will rejoice and bloom.

Isaiah 35:1

Silent Waiting

East of Eden, the whole earth is parched and barren, thirsting for the vivifying stream of the Spirit of God.… Read the rest

Faithful Friends

โ€œFaithful Friendsโ€
A reflection on Matthew 9:2
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 (revised in 2024) Gloria M. Chang

He entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.

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God So Loved the World

โ€œGod So Loved the Worldโ€
Gospel Acclamation from John 3:16
Third Sunday of Lent (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œFor this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.โ€

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Light From Light

โ€œLight From Lightโ€
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 5
From the Liturgy of the Hours, Second Sunday after Christmas, Evening Prayer I, Antiphon 3
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

He who was from the beginning, God from God, Light from Light, is born for us.

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