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Stop Judging

Photo of snail and tulips speaking the couplet on Matthew 7:1-5, "A wooden beam in the eye, / Neighbors' splinters magnify."
“Stop Judging”
A reflection on Matthew 7:1-5
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

“Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.

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By Their Fruits You Will Know Them

“By Their Fruits You Will Know Them”
A reflection on Matthew 7:15-20
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them.

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Lent, Day 8

Ask Seek Knock, Lent Day 8, Shalom Snail
“Lent, Day 8”
Matthew 7:8
Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat Antiphon
Thursday of the First Week of Lent
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)

Ask and you shall receive, 
seek and you shall find, 
knock and the door shall be opened to you.

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City of God

Icon of the Theotokos

Thursday of the First Week of Advent

Isaiah 26:1-6; Matthew 7:21, 24-27

On that day they will sing this song in the land of Judah: 
“A strong city have we; 
he sets up walls and ramparts to protect us. 

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