Jar of Light

โ€œJar of Lightโ€
A reflection on Mark 9:2-10
Second Sunday of Lent (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.

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Jerusalem, Your Light Has Come

โ€œJerusalem, Your Light Has Comeโ€
Isaiah 60:1
From the Liturgy of the Hours, Epiphany, Morning Prayer, Antiphon 3
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Arise! Shine, for your light has come,
the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.
Though darkness covers the earth,
and thick clouds, the peoples,
Upon you the Lord will dawn,
and over you his glory will be seen.

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Guiding Light

โ€œGuiding Lightโ€
Psalm 119:105
Meditation on Light, Series II, Day 2
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,
but will have the light of life.

John 8:12

Traditional Chinese Translation

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่ขฎ็š„่ฉฑๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘่…ณๅ‰็š„็‡ˆ๏ผŒๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘่ทฏไธŠ็š„ๅ…‰ใ€‚

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Filled With God

โ€œFilled With Godโ€
A reflection on Romans 12:1-2
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do

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The True Light

โ€œThe True Lightโ€
1 John 2:8b
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 4
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

1 John 2:8b

Light and Love Incarnate

Born anew in Christ and enlivened by the Holy Spirit, children of God walk in the light.… Read the rest

God is Light

โ€œGod is Lightโ€
1 John 1:5
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 3
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:5

Communion of Light and Love

Godโ€™s very being is light; departure from him is darkness.… Read the rest

The Great Light

โ€œThe Great Lightโ€ (2 panels)
Isaiah 9:1(2)
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 1
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

There is no gloom where there had been distress. Where once he degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, now he has glorified the way of the Sea, the land across the Jordan, Galilee of the Nations.Read the rest

Christ the Lord is Born Today

โ€œChrist the Lord is born todayโ€
Luke 2:8-14 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.

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Word and Eternal Life

Andrei Rublev, Icon of the Most Holy Trinity

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter

John 12:44-50

Jesus cried out and said, โ€œWhoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me, and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.

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