Love of Enemies

“Love of Enemies” (3 panels)
Matthew 5:43-48 in a quatrain
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For

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Christ on Retaliation

“Christ on Retaliation”
A reflection on Matthew 5:38-42
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.

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The Heart at the Altar

“The Heart at the Altar”
Matthew 5:23-24 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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Christ Fulfills the Law

“Christ Fulfills the Law”
Matthew 5:17-18 “in a snailshell”
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.

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The Eight Beatitudes

“The Eight Beatitudes” (8 panels)
Matthew 5:3-12
Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.

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Lent, Day 10

“Lent, Day 10”
Matthew 5:44-45
Saturday of the First Week of Lent
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang

Bless those who persecute you;
bless and do not curse them.

Romans 12:14

Love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you
that you may be children of your heavenly Father.

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Two Miles With Christ

“Two Miles With Christ”
A reflection on Matthew 5:41; 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©2023 by Gloria M. Chang

“Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles.”

Matthew 5:41

Two Miles

Jesus, who came to set people free, seemed to preach the opposite.… Read the rest

Kosher Hearts

“Kosher Hearts”
A reflection on Mark 7:14-23
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
©2022 by Gloria M. Chang

Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”

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