Spiritual Dropsy

Photo of snail and celosia argentea speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Spiritual Dropsy."
“Spiritual Dropsy”
A reflection on Luke 14:1-6
Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

How does the healing of spiritual dropsy reveal the tension between divine mercy and human pride in Jesus’ encounter with the Pharisees?… Read the rest

Whose Inscription?

Photo of a snail on a pineapple sage. They speak the reflection on Matthew 22:15-21: "Caesar’s inscription seals his property; / God’s inscription seals his progeny."
“Whose Inscription?”
A reflection on Matthew 22:15-21, Luke 3:38, Acts 17:29
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 22:15-21

The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.… Read the rest

Blind Guides

Photo of a snail on sedum with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
“Blind Guides”
Luke 6:39-40 “in a snailshell”
Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Luke 6:39-40

And he told them a parable, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?… Read the rest

The Lion-Hearted Lamb

“The Lion-Hearted Lamb”
Matthew 12:14-21 “in a snailshell”
Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 12:14-21

But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him to put him to death. 

When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place.… Read the rest

Crushed Like Grapes

Photo of snail and roses speaking the couplet about Mark 12:1-12, "On grapes, the Lord hired farmers to tread. / But his Son they crushed into wine and bread."
“Crushed Like Grapes”
A reflection on Mark 12:1-12
Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2023 Gloria M. Chang

The beloved Son was crushed like grapes to become the wine that saves us.

The Parable of the Tenants

Gospel

Mark 12:1-12

He began to speak to them in parables. … Read the rest