Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:44-51
… Read the restThe Jews murmured about him because he said, โI am the bread that came down from heaven,โ and they said, โIs this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?
Bread of Shalom
Bread from Heaven
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:30-35
… Read the restSo they said to him, โWhat sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: โHe gave them bread from heaven to eat.โโ
Water and Spirit
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
John 3:7-15
โHow can this be?โ Nicodemus asked Jesus (John 3:9). How can a person be โborn of the Spirit?โ
The youthful Mary had also asked the angel Gabriel, โHow can this be?โ… Read the rest
Drinking Poison
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Luke 9:22-25
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
Genesis 2:15 (RSV)
Adam, priest and king of the Lordโs garden sanctuary, had the duty โto till it and keep it.” … Read the rest
Mount Zion, Gate of Paradise
4th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year I)
Hebrews 12:18-24; Mark 6:7-13
… Read the restYou have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them, for they could not bear to hear the command: โIf even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.โ
Peonies, Day 19
โThe Eternal Tao (Panels 3 and 4)โ
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang
โThe nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, chapter 1, translated by Derek Lin
The named is the mother of myriad thingsโ
God is both hidden and manifest (nameless and named) in relationship to spiritual creatures. … Read the rest
The Tree of Grace
30th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
Ephesians 5:21-33; Luke 13:18-21
In challenging times when the world seems to be falling apart, a tiny mustard seed of faith is more powerful than all negative forces combined. … Read the rest
Kingdom of the Little Ones
Deuteronomy 7:6-11, 1 John 4:7-16, Matthew 11:25-30
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
โGod is Love.โ
Like an owl squinting in sunlight, the eyes of humankind open gradually to the truth of who we are as a people and who God is.… Read the rest
Whose Wife Will She Be?
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9th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year II)
Mark 12:18-27
Question of the Sadducees
What is it like not to believe in a spiritual realm?… Read the rest