The Shepherd’s Scent

โ€œThe Shepherdโ€™s Scentโ€
A reflection on Matthew 7:21-23
Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to his disciples: โ€œNot everyone who says to me, โ€˜Lord, Lord,โ€™ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

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By Their Fruits You Will Know Them

โ€œBy Their Fruits You Will Know Themโ€
A reflection on Matthew 7:15-20
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œBeware of false prophets, who come to you in sheepโ€™s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them.

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Stop Judging

โ€œStop Judgingโ€
A reflection on Matthew 7:1-5
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œStop 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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Lent, Day 8

Ask Seek Knock, Lent Day 8, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 8โ€
Matthew 7:8
Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat Antiphon
Thursday of the First Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ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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The Golden Rule

โ€œThe Golden Ruleโ€
Matthew 7:12 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people.
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

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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: 
โ€œA strong city have we; 
he sets up walls and ramparts to protect us. 

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