Lent, Day 21

Lent Day 21, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 21โ€
Communion Antiphon from Mark 12:33
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 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, โ€œWhich is the first of all the commandments?โ€ Jesus

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From Aleph to Tav

โ€œFrom Aleph to Tavโ€
Mark 12:28-34 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Readings:

Deuteronomy 6:2-6 
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 12:28-34

Blueprint for Freedom

After the exodus from Egypt and its polytheistic culture, Moses leads the Israelites into the wilderness to begin a long journey of divine pedagogy and discipline.… Read the rest

Let Us Love One Another in God

โ€œLet Us Love One Another in Godโ€
Mark 12:28-34 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 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, โ€œWhich is the first of all the commandments?โ€

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Resurrected Saints Shall Fly

โ€œResurrected Saints Shall Flyโ€
Mark 12:18-27 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him, saying, โ€œTeacher, Moses wrote for us, โ€˜If someoneโ€™s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.โ€™

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Render to Caesar

โ€œRender to Caesar” (3 panels)
Mark 12:17 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 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

โ€œCrushed Like Grapesโ€
A reflection on Mark 12:1-12
Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

The Parable of the Tenants

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

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Who is the Heir?

โ€œWho is the Heir?โ€
A reflection on Isaiah 5:1-7 and Matthew 21:33-43
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ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

โ€œThe Widowโ€™s Miteโ€
Mark 12:38-44 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
โ€œThreefoldโ€ refers to the Trinity
Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 by Gloria M. Chang

In the course of his teaching he said, โ€œBeware 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

โ€œDavidโ€™s Messianic Prophecyโ€
Mark 12:35-37 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 by Gloria M. Chang

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

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