The Holy Spirit, Our Teacher

“The Holy Spirit, Our Teacher”
Abridged from John 14:26
Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.

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Beholding the Father in the Son

“Beholding the Father in the Son”
A reflection on John 14:1-12
Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.

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I Am in the Father

“I Am in the Father”
John 14:10
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.

John 1:18

Do you not believe that I am in the Father
and the Father is in me?

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My Shalom

“My Shalom”
John 14:27 from the Communion Antiphon
Monday of the Third Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

The Advocate, the Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name—he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.

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Lent, Day 31

“Lent, Day 31”
John 8:31-32 from the Gospel at Mass
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.”

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Lent, Day 29

“Lent, Day 29”
Psalm 23:4 from the Responsorial Psalm
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“Let not your hearts be troubled;
believe in God, believe also in me.”

John 14:1

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for you are with me.

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Jars of Clay

Icon of Elijah with the Widow and Her Son by an anonymous Russian icon painter (from the Tretyakov Gallery)

10th week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)

1 Kings 17:7-16, Psalm 4, Matthew 5:13-16

“You are the light of the world”—a torch lit by the transfiguring Light of the Trinity.… Read the rest