Lent, Day 4

“Lent, Day 4”
Matthew 6:19
Liturgy of the Hours, Benedictus Antiphon
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
©️2021 by 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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Woe to the Tempter

“Woe to the Tempter”
Luke 17:1 “in a snailshell”
Monday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
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Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. ItRead the rest

God or Mammon

“God or Mammon”
A reflection on Luke 16:13-15
Saturday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
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New design from 2021

I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

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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, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”

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 

“The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom” (Matthew 25:1).

The kingdom of heaven is Adam divinized—fingertip to fingertip, head to toe—all in Christ and Christ in all. … Read the rest

Secret Friendship

“Lockdown”
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang

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

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

“But 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