Word and Bread

Photo of three orange tulips with text overlay of the last four lines of the poem, "Word and Bread."
โ€œWord and Breadโ€
A poem on Luke 24:13-35
Third Sunday of Easter (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

In receiving the Word and Bread, eyes open and hearts burn with resurrection hope.

Gospel

Luke 24:13-35

Now that very day two of them were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And… Read the rest

Christโ€™s Fidelity and Our Fickleness

Photo of snail and tulips with text overlay of the poetic reflection on Christ's Fidelity and Our Fickleness.
โ€œChristโ€™s Fidelity and Our Ficklenessโ€
Palm Sunday (Year A)
ยฉ2026 Gloria M. Chang

From Hosanna to Crucify him: Christ’s fidelity endures amid our fickleness.

Gospel (At the Procession of Palms)

Matthew 21:1-11

When Jesus and the disciples drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tethered, and a colt with her.… Read the rest

Israel’s Universal Banquet

Photo of snail and wild flowers with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Israel's Universal Banquet."
โ€œIsraelโ€™s Universal Banquetโ€
A reflection on Luke 14:15-24
Tuesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

How does Israel’s universal banquet invite everyone to God’s table of grace?

One of those at table with Jesus said to him, โ€œBlessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.โ€

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Get Behind Me, Satan!

A photo of a snail on a hibiscus reflecting on the couplet, "Get behind me, Satan!"
โ€œGet behind me, Satan!โ€
Matthew 16:21-23 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, โ€œWho do people say that the Son of Man is?โ€

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Good Friday

A snail silently prays at the foot of the Cross between Mary and the apostle John. Three other women and a centurion also stand in silence.
โ€œGood Fridayโ€
Icon of the Crucifixion by Master Dionysius, ca. 1500 (Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

We adore your Cross, O Lord,
we praise and glorify your holy Resurrection,
for behold, because of the wood of a tree
joy has come to the whole world.

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Lent, Day 37

A snail and a rosebush speak Isaiah 50:6: "I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who tore out my beard; My face I did not hide from insults and spitting."
โ€œLent, Day 37โ€
Isaiah 50:6 from the First Reading at Mass
Wednesday of Holy Week
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head, and a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, โ€œHail, King of the Jews!โ€ They

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Unthinkable Passion

Unthinkable Passion, Shalom Snail
โ€œUnthinkable Passionโ€
A reflection on Mark 9:30-32
Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it.

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