Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restIn the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
… Read the restHe shall judge between the nations,
and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks;
One nation shall not raise the sword against another,
nor shall they train for war again.
First Week of Lent, Tuesday
Isaiah 55:10-11; Matthew 4:4b; Matthew 6:7-15
… Read the restYet just as from the heavens
the rain and snow come down
And do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
Giving seed to the one who sows
and bread to the one who eats,
So shall my word be
that goes forth from my mouth;
It shall not return to me empty,
but shall do what pleases me,
achieving the end for which I sent it.
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 12:44-50
… Read the restJesus cried out and said, “Whoever 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.
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
John 3:7-15
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked Jesus (John 3:9). How can a person be “born of the Spirit?”
The youthful Mary had also asked the angel Gabriel, “How can this be?”… Read the rest
Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)
Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 2:13-17
An eye for microscopic detail, a steady hand, and ultra-fine motor skills are required of surgeons in the operating room.… 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
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.
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
