A Camel Through a Needle’s Eye

โ€œA Camel Through a Needleโ€™s Eyeโ€
Matthew 19:23-24 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

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

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Saint James, Apostle

Photo of snail and roses speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œSaint James, Apostleโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:35-45 and Acts 12:1-3
Feast of Saint James, Apostle
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, โ€œTeacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.โ€ And

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Lose It All, Gain It All

Lose It All Gain It All, Shalom Snail
โ€œLose It All, Gain It Allโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:28-31
Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Peter began to say to him, โ€œWe have given up everything and followed you.โ€ Jesus said, โ€œAmen, 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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Expanding the Heart

Expanding the Heart, Shalom Snail
โ€œExpanding the Heartโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:17-27
Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, โ€œGood teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?โ€ Jesus

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Children of Mary

Children of Mary, Shalom Snail
โ€œChildren of Maryโ€
A reflection on Luke 1:39-45 and Mark 10:13-16
Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 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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Eve and the Church

Eve and the Church, Shalom Snail
โ€œEve and the Churchโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:1-12, Genesis 2:21-24, and John 19:34
Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The

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Blessed Bartimaeus

โ€œBlessed Bartimaeusโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:46-52
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang


As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.โ€

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If Every Flower Wanted to Be a Rose…

โ€œIf Every Flower Wanted to Be a Roseโ€ฆโ€
The wisdom of St. Therese of Lisieux โ€œin a snailshellโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:35-45
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said to him, โ€œTeacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.โ€

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With God All Things Are Possible

โ€œFor God All Things Are Possibleโ€
Mark 10:17-30 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

As Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, โ€œGood Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?โ€ And

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God’s Designs

โ€œGodโ€™s Designsโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:2-12; Genesis 1:27-28a, 2:18-24
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Law of Moses on Divorce

The Pharisees approached and asked, โ€œIs it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?โ€

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