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Christ the Firstborn

Photo of daffodils with text overlay of the couplet, "Christ the Firstborn."
“Christ the Firstborn”
A reflection on Luke 2:22-40
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
©️2025 Gloria M. Chang

Mary presented Christ the Firstborn in the temple, offering humanity’s renewal to God.

When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.

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Glory to God in the Highest

“Glory to God in the Highest”
Luke 2:14 Liturgy of the Hours, Christmas, Benedictus antiphon
©️2020 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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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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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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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

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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