The Path to True Life

Photo of a snail on a hydrangea speaking Matthew 10:39.
โ€œThe Path to True Lifeโ€
Matthew 10:39
Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Joy of the Saints

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, โ€œWho are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?โ€ I

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Nothing Escapes the Father’s Care

Photo of a baby snail on pink azaleas with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
โ€œNothing Escapes the Fatherโ€™s Careโ€
A reflection on Matthew 10:29-31
Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Fatherโ€™s knowledge.

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Do Not Worry About How You Are to Speak

Photo of two snails on a hydrangea speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œDo Not Worry About How You Are to Speakโ€
Matthew 10:17-20 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans.

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Neither Gold Nor Silver

Photo of two snails on a hydrangea speaking the poetic couplet of the day.
โ€œNeither Gold Nor Silverโ€
A reflection on Matthew 10:7-10
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

As you go, make this proclamation: โ€˜The kingdom of heaven is at hand.โ€™ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.

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Lost Sheep Hospital

Photo of a snail among creeping phlox with text of the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œLost Sheep Hospitalโ€
A reflection on Matthew 10:1-7
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.

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I Have Called You By Name

Photo of a snail on a rose speaking the poetic couplet.
โ€œI Have Called You By Nameโ€
Isaiah 43:1 and Luke 10:20
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

The seventy[-two] returned rejoicing, and said, โ€œLord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.โ€ Jesus said, โ€œI have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold,

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Lent, Day 5

Lent Day 5, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 5โ€
Communion Antiphon from Matthew 25:40
Monday of the First Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œAnd whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.โ€

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Unbreakable Bonds

โ€œUnbreakable Bondsโ€
A reflection on Matthew 10:37
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 by Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to his apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.โ€

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Like Sparrows

โ€œLike Sparrowsโ€
A reflection on Matthew 10:29-31
Sunday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 by Gloria M. Chang

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even

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