Holy Thursday

A baby snail riding the back of an adult snail on a hydrangea leaf speak  John 13:14: "If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet."
โ€œHoly Thursdayโ€
John 13:14
From the Gospel at Evening Mass
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. The

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Standing With Christ

Standing With Christ, Shalom Snail
โ€œStanding With Christโ€
A reflection on Mark 8:38
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
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โ€œWhoever 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 Fatherโ€™s glory with the holy angels.โ€

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The Promised Lamb

Promised Lamb, Shalom Snail
โ€œThe Promised Lambโ€
A reflection on Mark 8:27-33
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Now Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, โ€œWho do people say that I am?โ€ They

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John Saw and Believed

โ€œJohn Saw and Believedโ€
John 20:1-8 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.

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Does This Shock You?

โ€œDoes This Shock You?โ€
A reflection on John 6:60-69
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then many of his disciples who were listening said, โ€œThis saying is hard; who can accept it?โ€ Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, โ€œDoes this shock you?

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The King and His Steward

โ€œThe King and His Stewardโ€
A reflection on Isaiah 22:19-23, Matthew 16:13-20, Revelation 3:7
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station. In

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Freedom to Follow

Jesus teaching his disciples. From a 1684 Arabic manuscript of the Gospels, copied in Egypt by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (likely a Coptic monk). In the collection of The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saturday of the Third Week of Easter

John 6:60-69

Then many of his disciples who were listening said, โ€œThis saying is hard; who can accept it?โ€ 

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Peter’s New Wings

St. Peter Preaching in Jerusalem, Masolino da Panicale, c. 1426

Thursday within the Octave of Easter

Acts 3:11-26; Luke 24:35-48

Lit by tongues of fire,
Deniers and deserters
Set the world afire.

Like a caterpillar morphed into a butterfly, the apostle Peter flew boldly into the light and witnessed to astonished crowds about Christโ€™s death and resurrection.… Read the rest