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The Twelve Apostles

Photo of snail and pansies with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
“The Twelve Apostles”
Luke 6:12-16 “in a snailshell”
Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

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Neither Gold Nor Silver

Photo of two snails on a hydrangea speaking the poetic couplet of the day.
“Neither Gold Nor Silver”
A reflection on Matthew 10:7-10
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.

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Lambs Among Wolves

“Lambs Among Wolves”
Luke 10:1-12 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

After this the Lord appointed seventy[-two] others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.

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Two by Two

“Two by Two”
Mark 6:7-13 in a quatrain
Sunday of the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang (revised in 2024)

He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

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