Born of the Spirit

A snail and white daffodils speak John 3:8: "The wind blows where it wills... so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
โ€œBorn of the Spiritโ€
John 3:8
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

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The Parable of the Mustard Seed

A photo of a baby snail and African daisies with the Shalom Snail couplet beneath.
โ€œThe Parable of the Mustard Seedโ€
A reflection on Matthew 13:31-32
Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

He proposed another parable to them. โ€œThe kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field.

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From Affliction to Glory: Christโ€™s Redemptive Tapestry

Photo of snail on a rose speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œSuffering With Christโ€
A reflection on Colossians 1:24-28
Sunday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, of which I am a minister in accordance with Godโ€™s stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past.

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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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Isaiah 35, Day 4

Shalom Snail, Isaiah 35, glory of the Lord, Advent
โ€œIsaiah 35, Day 4โ€
Isaiah 35:2c
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

They will see the glory of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 35:2c

First Witnesses of the Glory of the Lord

About seven hundred years after the prophecy of Isaiah, the Blessed Virgin Mary gave birth to the promised Messiah in Bethlehem under the protection of St.… Read the rest

Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

โ€œThe Call of Nathanaelโ€
John 1:45-51 in a tercet
Feast of Saint Bartholomew
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Philip found Nathanael and told him, โ€œWe have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.โ€

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Fountain of Light

โ€œFountain of Lightโ€
Psalm 36:9
Meditation on Light, Series II, Day 3
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

John 1:9

Traditional Chinese Translation

ใ€Šๅ…‰ไน‹ๆบ้ ญใ€‹
ๅ› ็‚บๅœจ่ขฎ้‚ฃ่ฃกๆœ‰็”Ÿๅ‘ฝ็š„ๆบ้ ญใ€‚
ๅœจ็ฅข็š„ๅ…‰ไธญ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๅฟ…ๅพ—่ฆ‹ๅ…‰ใ€‚

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Mystery of Mysteries

โ€œUltimate Reality 3.0โ€
A reflection on Matthew 11:27
Sunday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 by Gloria M. Chang

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.

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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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