Learn From the Wild Flowers

A snail and lantana flowers reflect on Matthew 6:25-34: "Free as a flower and a bird / Fly children in the Lord's vineyard."
โ€œLearn From the Wild Flowersโ€
A reflection on Matthew 6:25-34
Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œTherefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear.

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Treasures in Heaven

A snail and a pink columbine reflect on Matthew 6:19-21: "Earthly treasures rust and decay. A heav'nly heart sows agape."
โ€œTreasures in Heavenโ€
A reflection on Matthew 6:19-21
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For

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The Lord’s Prayer

โ€œThe Lord’s Prayer” (5 panels)
Matthew 6:9-13
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

The Our Father

The Lordโ€™s Prayer (commonly known as the โ€œOur Fatherโ€ or โ€œPater Nosterโ€) is the only prayer explicitly taught by Jesus in the New Testament, as recorded in the Gospels.… Read the rest

A Secret Gift

A snail on purple crocuses reflect on Matthew 6:1-4: "A secret gift / Gives God a lift!"
โ€œA Secret Giftโ€
A reflection on Matthew 6:1-4
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œBut take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.

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Why Do Humans Take Oaths?

โ€œWhere Truth is Ubiquitousโ€
A reflection on Matthew 5:33-37
Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow.

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Lent, Day 4

Lent Day 4, treasure in heaven, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 4โ€
Matthew 6:19
Liturgy of the Hours, Benedictus Antiphon
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist.
When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.

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Inner Light

โ€œInner Lightโ€
Matthew 6:22
Meditation on Light, Series II, Day 4
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

For it is you who light my lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

Psalm 18:28(29), ESV

Traditional Chinese Translation

ใ€Šๅ…งๅœจ็š„ๅ…‰ใ€‹
่บซไธŠ็š„ๅ…‰ๅฐฑๆ˜ฏ็œผ็›ใ€‚
ไฝ ็š„็œผ็›่‹ฅ็žญไบฎ๏ผŒๅ…จ่บซๅฐฑๅ…‰ๆ˜Žใ€‚

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Our Eternal Inheritance

Parable of the Rich Fool

Ephesians 2:1-10; Luke 12:13-21

Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, โ€œTeacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.โ€ He replied to him, โ€œFriend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?โ€

Jesus refused to get roped into a property dispute between brothers.… Read the rest