As in the Days of Noah

Snail on an evergreen branch overlooking a waterfall with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "As in the Days of Noah."
โ€œAs in the Days of Noah” A reflection on Luke 17:26-37 Friday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

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Swine or Souls: A Gadarene Lesson

โ€œSwine or Souls: A Gadarene Lessonโ€
A reflection on Matthew 8:28-34
Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When he came to the other side, to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him.

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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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