A Camel Through a Needle’s Eye

“A Camel Through a Needle’s Eye”
Matthew 19:23-24 and Mark 10:23-25 “in a snailshell”
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.

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The Rich Young Man

“The Rich Young Man”
Matthew 19:16-22 and Mark 10:17-22 “in a snailshell”
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Now someone approached him and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good?

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Saint James, Apostle

“Saint James, Apostle”
A reflection on Mark 10:35-45 and Acts 12:1-3
Feast of Saint James, Apostle
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And

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Blind Bartimaeus


“Blind Bartimaeus”
Mark 10:46-52 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.

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Lose It All, Gain It All

“Lose It All, Gain It All” (2 panels)
A reflection on Mark 10:28-31
Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Peter began to say to him, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.

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Children of Mary

“Children of Mary”
A reflection on Luke 1:39-45 and Mark 10:13-16
Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
©2022 Gloria M. Chang

In 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

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