One Thing I Seek

A snail and a Lenten rose speak Psalm 27:4: "One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord."
โ€œOne Thing I Seekโ€
From the Responsorial Psalm, adapted from 27:4
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

One thing I ask of the Lord;
this I seek:
To dwell in the Lordโ€™s house
all the days of my life,
To gaze on the Lordโ€™s beauty,
to visit his temple.

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Taste and See

A snail and a Lenten rose speak Psalm 34:8(9): "Taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the one who takes refuge in him."
โ€œTaste and Seeโ€
Psalm 34:8 (9) from the Responsorial Psalm
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.

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Duel with the Devil

Duel with the Devil, Shalom Snail
โ€œDuel with the Devilโ€
A reflection on Luke 4:1-13
First Sunday of Lent (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.

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Forgotten Sabbaths

โ€œForgotten Sabbathsโ€
A reflection on 2 Chronicles 36:14-23; Jeremiah 25:11, 29:10-14
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

In those days, all the princes of Judah, the priests, and the people added infidelity to infidelity,  practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the Lordโ€™s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. 

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