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Solidarity

Photo of snail and rio speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Solidarity."
“Solidarity”
A reflection on Luke 13:1-5
Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

How does Jesus’ call to be transformed in the face of tragedy challenge us to embrace solidarity with all of humanity?

Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.

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Lord, Open Our Eyes

Photo of snail and snapdragon speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Lord, Open Our Eyes."
“Lord, Open Our Eyes”
A reflection on Luke 10:13-16
Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

Lord, open our eyes to the transformative power of your miracles, calling us to
restoration and unity in Christ.

“Woe to you, Chorazin!

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A Blooming Arrow

Photo of snail, anemone, and dahlia with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "A Blooming Arrow."
“A Blooming Arrow”
A reflection on Ephesians 2:1-10
Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year II)
©️2022 Gloria M. Chang

How does God’s love draw us toward him as his blooming arrow for eternity?

You were dead in your transgressions and sins in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient. All

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Scrooge and Dives

Kykkos Monastery mosaic representing the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

Second Week of Lent, Thursday

Luke 16:19-31

In Charles Dickens’ novel, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge takes a voyage in time to Christmases past, present and future, and wakes up right after the shock of seeing the headstone of his own grave.… Read the rest