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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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

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

Secret Friendship

โ€œLockdownโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

11th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year II)

2 Kings 2:1-14, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

โ€œBut when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret.Read the rest