
John 21:15-19 in a tercet
Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang
Gospel
John 21:15-19
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” … Read the rest

Journey to Wholeness

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

“I will be with you only a little while longer,
John 7:33
and then I will go to the one who sent me.“
Go to my brothers and tell them,
I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.

In the shadow of Lent, Jesus declares the impossible: “Before Abraham was, I AM”—eternal promise meets divine eternity, calling us to unbreakable faith.… Read the rest

In Mary’s troubled wonder, a virgin’s humble “yes” welcomed the eternal Son into our world.
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. … Read the rest

In the depths of exile and despair, God whispers: “I will never forget you”—a promise fulfilled in Christ’s life-giving love.… Read the rest

Must good be repaid with evil? The persecuted prophets of Lent show us the cost—and the victory—of truth.… Read the rest