Word and Bread

“Word and Bread”
A poem on Luke 24:13-35
Third Sunday of Easter (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

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

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Good Friday

“Good Friday”
Icon of the Crucifixion by Master Dionysius, ca. 1500 (Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow)
©️2021 by 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

“Lent, Day 37”
Isaiah 50:6 from the First Reading at Mass
Wednesday of Holy Week
©️2021 by 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, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 

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Standing With Christ

“Standing With Christ”
A reflection on Mark 8:38
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
©2022 by Gloria M. Chang

“Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this faithless and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

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Get Behind Me, Satan!

“Get Behind Me, Satan!”
Matthew 16:21-23 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

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Soaring on Eagles’ Wings

Russian icon of the Crucifixion by Dionysius, ca. 1500, Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow

Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent

Isaiah 40:25-31; Matthew 11:28-30

In a world of constant change and becoming, faith in an immutably good, true, beautiful, and eternal God of Love is an anchor in the midst of crashing waves.… Read the rest