Solidarity

Photo of snail and rio speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Solidarity."
โ€œSolidarityโ€
A reflection on Luke 13:1-5
Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How does Jesusโ€™ call to be transformed in the face of tragedy challenge us to embrace solidarity with all of humanity?

Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.

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Lent, Day 21

Lent Day 21, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 21โ€
Communion Antiphon from Mark 12:33
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, โ€œWhich is the first of all the commandments?โ€ Jesus

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You Were Once Aliens

โ€œYou Were Once Aliensโ€
A reflection on Exodus 22:21(20) and Matthew 22:34-40
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Thus says the LORD: “You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.โ€

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