The Parable of the Talents

โ€œThe Parable of the Talentsโ€
Matthew 25:14-30 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œIt will be as when a man who was going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

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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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Christ, the Universal Man

โ€œChrist, the Universal Manโ€
A reflection on Matthew 25:31-46
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him.

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins

โ€œThe Parable of the Ten Virginsโ€
A reflection on Matthew 25:1-13 and Song of Solomon 5:2
Friday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œThen the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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We Are Nil

โ€œWe Are Nilโ€
A reflection on Matthew 25:14-30
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

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Heaven’s Oil

โ€œHeavenโ€™s Oilโ€
A reflection on Matthew 25:1-13
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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The Single Eye

Parable of the Ten Virgins

21st Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)

Matthew 25:1-13 

โ€œThe kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroomโ€ (Matthew 25:1).

The kingdom of heaven is Adam divinizedโ€”fingertip to fingertip, head to toeโ€”all in Christ and Christ in all. … Read the rest