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Sleepless Sentinels

Photo of snail and weeping Japanese pagoda with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Sleepless Sentinels."
“Sleepless Sentinels”
Luke 12:35-38 “in a snailshell”
Tuesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Are you ready to stand as sleepless sentinels, vigilant for the Master’s return?

“Gird your loins and light your lampsand be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.

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Heaven’s Oil

“Heaven’s Oil”
A reflection on Matthew 25:1-13
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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The Single Eye

Parable of the Ten Virgins

21st Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)

Matthew 25:1-13 

“The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom” (Matthew 25:1).

The kingdom of heaven is Adam divinized—fingertip to fingertip, head to toe—all in Christ and Christ in all. … Read the rest