Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

“Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus”
John 11:19-27 “in a snailshell”
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home.

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Lent, Day 34

“Lent, Day 34”
Communion Antiphon from John 11:52
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

John 12:32 (ESV)

Christ was handed over,
to gather into one the scattered children of God.

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The Raising of Lazarus

In the desert of Lent, we fast from food but feast on the Word of God. The ancient practice of lectio divina, or sacred reading, invites us to chew on the words of Scripture and savor them.

John’s Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Lent exalts Jesus, who has power over life and death.… Read the rest

Lent, Day 25

“Lent, Day 25”
John 11:25 from which the Gospel Acclamation is adapted
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at last he will stand upon the earth;
and after my skin has been thus destroyed,
then from my flesh I shall see God.

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Resurrection in the World to Come

“Resurrection in the World to Come”
Luke 20:34-36 “in a snailshell”
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang

Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward 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.’ Now

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