
Matthew 12:38-42 in a tercet
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang
Gospel
Matthew 12:38-42
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”… Read the rest

Journey to Wholeness

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”… Read the rest

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.… Read the rest

Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom.… Read the rest

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David?… Read the rest

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’… Read the rest

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” … Read the rest

The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.

At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.

Paraklétos is variously translated as Paraclete, Advocate, Intercessor, Consoler, Comforter, Helper, Strengthener, Standby, and Counselor. Paraclete, the Anglicized form of the Greek word, is used here to represent all possible translations.… Read the rest

You are not abandoned—God draws near within you, guiding, comforting, and revealing His living presence through the Spirit of truth.… Read the rest