Mangled Sheep

โ€œMangled Sheepโ€
A reflection on Matthew 9:36
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness.

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The Girl is Not Dead But Sleeping

Photo of snail amid irises with the couplet printed beneath.
โ€œThe Girl is Not Dead But Sleepingโ€
Matthew 9:23-25 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

While he was saying these things to them, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, โ€œMy daughter has just died.

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The Call of Matthew

Image of snail and aquilegia speaking couplet.
โ€œThe Call of Matthewโ€
Matthew 9:9-13 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, โ€œFollow me.โ€

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Lent, Day 27

โ€œLent, Day 27โ€
Psalm 34:18 (19)
From the Responsorial Psalm
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Lent, Day 22

โ€œLent, Day 22โ€
Psalm Responsory from Hosea 6:6
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Go and learn what this means, โ€˜I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.โ€™
For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.โ€

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Anointed Feet

โ€œAnointed Feetโ€
A reflection on Matthew 9:16-17 and Isaiah 52:7
Saturday of the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œNo one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.

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Christ Makes Us Whole

โ€œChrist Makes Us Wholeโ€
A reflection on Matthew 9:1-8
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

He entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.

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Faithful Friends

โ€œFaithful Friendsโ€
A reflection on Matthew 9:2
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 (revised in 2024) Gloria M. Chang

He entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.

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