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Shabbat Shalom

Photo of snail and tulip speaking the couplet, "Shabbat Shalom."
“Shabbat Shalom”
A reflection on Mark 3:1-6
Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
©️2022 Gloria M. Chang

Shabbat Shalom: Jesus heals a man with the withered hand, revealing the Sabbath as a day of wholeness and restoration.

Again he entered the synagogue.

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Journey Through a Samaritan Village

Photo of snail and hibiscus with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Journey Through a Samaritan Village."
“Journey Through a Samaritan Village” Luke 9:51-56 and 2 Kings 1:9-12 “in a snailshell” Tuesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time ©️2021 Gloria M. Chang Revised in 2025

Jesus’ compassionate Journey Through a Samaritan Village reveals his universal love, contrasting the fiery zeal of James and John with his mission of grace.… Read the rest

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I Have Called You By Name

Photo of a snail on a rose speaking the poetic couplet.
“I Have Called You By Name”
Isaiah 43:1 and Luke 10:20
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
©️2022 Gloria M. Chang

The seventy[-two] returned rejoicing, and said, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold,

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