True Blessedness

“True Blessedness”
Luke 11:27-28 “in a snailshell”
Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

“Bles-sed” is pronounced in two syllables in this couplet.


While he was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.”

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Who is the Heir?

“Who is the Heir?”
A reflection on Isaiah 5:1-7 and Matthew 21:33-43
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

The vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah are his cherished plant;
he looked for judgment, but see, bloodshed!

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The Widow’s Mite

“The Widow’s Mite”
Mark 12:38-44 “in a snailshell”
“Threefold” refers to the Trinity
Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

In the course of his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.

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David’s Messianic Prophecy

“David’s Messianic Prophecy”
Mark 12:35-37 “in a snailshell”
Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David?

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Let Us Love One Another in God

“Let Us Love One Another in God”
Mark 12:28-34 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”

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Resurrected Saints Shall Fly

“Resurrected Saints Shall Fly”
Mark 12:18-27 “in a snailshell”
Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’

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Render to Caesar

“Render to Caesar” (3 panels)
Mark 12:17 “in a snailshell”
Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.

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Crushed Like Grapes

“Crushed Like Grapes”
A reflection on Mark 12:1-12
Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

The Parable of the Tenants

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower.

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Lent, Day 21

“Lent, Day 21”
Communion Antiphon from Mark 12:33
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” 

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The Law Made Flesh

Fra Angelico: The Crucifixion (detail), ca.1437-46
Source: Wikimedia Commons

10th week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday

1 Kings 18:20-39, Psalm 25, Matthew 5:17-19

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.”… Read the rest