Journey to Wholeness
In the day when the King of Peace reigns from Zion, humanity will finally beat swords into plowshares—not by treaties forged in fear, but by hearts melted in the fire of God’s presence.… Read the rest
… Read the restThen James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”
“The Eternal Tao (Panels 3 and 4)”
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
“The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, chapter 1, translated by Derek Lin
The named is the mother of myriad things”
God is both hidden and manifest (nameless and named) in relationship to spiritual creatures. … Read the rest
“The Eternal Tao (Panels 1 and 2)”
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named is not the eternal name”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, chapter 1, translated by Derek Lin
Tao is the word used to translate Logos of St.… Read the rest
30th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)
Luke 14:1, 7-11
“One on tiptoe cannot stand.”
Lao Tzu1
Even with special ballet training, medical experts say that dancing en pointe for extensive periods can cause severe injury and foot damage.… Read the rest
25th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)
… Read the restVanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! …The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor is the ear satisfied with hearing.
17th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)
Matthew 13:47-53
The net in the Gospel parable caught fish of every kind, just like the net after Jesus’ resurrection:
“So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn” (John 21:11).… Read the rest
The Chinese Bible translates Logos (Word) in the Prologue of St. John’s Gospel as Tao (literally, the Way)—the universal and transcendent guiding principle in the cosmos.… Read the rest
