On Eagles’ Wings

“On Eagles’ Wings”
A reflection on Exodus 19:2-6a
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

After they made the journey from Rephidim and entered the wilderness of Sinai, they then pitched camp in the wilderness. While Israel was encamped there in front of the mountain, Moses went up to the mountain of God.

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Kosher Hearts

“Kosher Hearts”
A reflection on Mark 7:14-23
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
©2022 by Gloria M. Chang

Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”

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Light From Light

“Light From Light”
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 5
From the Liturgy of the Hours, Second Sunday after Christmas, Evening Prayer I, Antiphon 3
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang

He who was from the beginning, God from God, Light from Light, is born for us.

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Isaiah 35, Day 4

“Isaiah 35, Day 4”
Isaiah 35:2c
©️2020 Gloria M. Chang

They will see the glory of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 35:2c

First Witnesses of the Glory of the Lord

About seven hundred years after the prophecy of Isaiah, the Blessed Virgin Mary gave birth to the promised Messiah in Bethlehem under the protection of St.… Read the rest

The Goldsmith’s Son

Candlemas, 11th century illuminated Byzantine manuscript (Menologion of Basil II)

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Malachi 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40

Out of God’s furnace
Adam emerged,
Shining like silver and gold. 
Light of the Godhead
Pure from his core
Robed him in Glory Threefold.… Read the rest

Groping Towards the Light

Duccio, Disputation with the Doctors (1308-1311)

Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Luke 2:41-51

The hidden years at Nazareth are shrouded in mystery. To what extent did Mary and Joseph realize that their son was divine? Luke’s Gospel tells us that when the boy was found in the temple after being missing for three days, “they did not understand what he said to them.”… Read the rest