The Lord Takes Delight in His People

Photo of snail and marigold speaking the Responsorial Psalm 149:4, "The Lord takes delight in his people."
โ€œThe Lord Takes Delight in His Peopleโ€
Responsorial Psalm 149:4
Saturday after Epiphany
ยฉ๏ธ2026 Gloria M. Chang

R.  The Lord takes delight in his people.

Sing to the LORD a new song
of praise in the assembly of the faithful.
Let Israel be glad in their maker,
let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.… Read the rest

The Shrewd Steward and Zacchaeus

Photo of snail and marigold speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "The Shrewd Steward and Zacchaeus."
โ€œThe Shrewd Steward and Zacchaeusโ€
A reflection on Luke 16:1-13; 19:1-10
Sunday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang
Revised in 2025


The Shrewd Steward and Zacchaeus teach us to transform worldly wealth into charity for eternal life in Luke 16:1-13 and 19:1-10.… Read the rest

Hail, Holy Queen

Photo of snail and marigolds with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
โ€œHail, Holy Queenโ€
A reflection on 1 Kings 2:19-20 and Luke 1:26-38
Memorial of the Queenship of Mary
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her.

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We Shall Be Like Him

We Shall Be Like Him, Shalom Snail, 1 John 3:1-6
โ€œWe Shall Be Like Himโ€
A reflection on 1 John 3:1-6
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved,

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My Words Will Not Pass Away

โ€œMy Words Will Not Pass Awayโ€
Mark 13:31
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Readings

Daniel 12:1-3
Hebrews 10:11-14, 18
Mark 13:24-32

Who is the โ€œSon of Manโ€?

The sun, moon, and stars, symbolizing earthly powers, shine for a time but eventually fade (Mark 13:24-25).… Read the rest

Abba, Draw Us to Your Son

โ€œAbba, Draw Us to Your Sonโ€
John 6:41-51 in a prayer
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

The Jews murmured about him because he said, โ€œI am the bread that came down from heaven,โ€ and they said, โ€œIs this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?

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Our Lady of the Rosary

โ€œOur Lady of the Rosaryโ€ (2 panels)
In commemoration of the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571
Photos from the Mary Garden at the Passionist Monastery in Jamaica, NY
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

From the Liturgy of the Hours for Our Lady of the Rosary:

This commemorative feast was established by Saint Pius V on the anniversary of the naval victory won by the Christian fleet at Lepanto.

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