Journey to Wholeness
…your all-powerful word leapt from heaven, from the royal throne, into the midst of the land that was doomed…
Wisdom 18:15 (New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised)
… Read the restDuring those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When
… Read the restIn those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And
… Read the restJesus said to him, “‘If you can!’ Everything is possible to one who has faith.” Then the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe, help my unbelief!”
… Read the restSince many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.
Micah 5:1-4a
Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
Hebrews 10:5-10
Luke 1:39-45
“He shall be peace (shalom),” Micah declares to the Jews under Assyrian threat (Micah 5:4(5)).… Read the rest
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. … Read the rest
… Read the restIn the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And
… Read the restHe who was from the beginning, God from God, Light from Light, is born for us.
“Between a rock and a hard place” is an American idiom that means: “Facing two equally unpleasant, dangerous, or risky alternatives, where the avoidance of one ensures encountering the harm of the other” (The Free Dictionary). … Read the rest
“All Souls’ Day Benedictus” (16 panels)
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
The Benedictus antiphon, “I am the Resurrection, I am the Life; to believe in me means life, in spite of death, and all who believe and live in me shall never die,” is taken from the Liturgy of the Hours for All Souls’ Day.… Read the rest
