โBefore Abraham Was, I AMโ A reflection on Genesis 17:3-9 and John 8:51-59 Thursday of the Fifth Week in Lent ยฉ๏ธ2026 Gloria M. Chang
In the shadow of Lent, Jesus declares the impossible: “Before Abraham was, I AM”โeternal promise meets divine eternity, calling us to unbreakable faith.… Read the rest
Thank you for joining Shalom Snail in our journey to wholeness together. This Lent, I will be publishing reflections every Wednesday, feast day, and Sunday. If a feast day falls on a Wednesday, I will publish a Lenten reflection on an adjacent day instead.… Read the rest
โThe Twelve Apostlesโ Luke 6:12-16 โin a snailshellโ Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 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.
โBy What Authority?โ A reflection on Mark 11:27-33 Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang
They returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, โBy what authority are you doing these things?