
A reflection on Mark 2:23-28
Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang
Experience liberating restโ”the Sabbath was made for man,” not to enslave, but to refresh body, soul, and spirit.… Read the rest

Journey to Wholeness

Experience liberating restโ”the Sabbath was made for man,” not to enslave, but to refresh body, soul, and spirit.… Read the rest

Discover the profound union of the Lamb and the Dove in Christ’s revelation as Son of God.
… Read the restThe next day John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

… Read the restAsked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he said in reply, โThe coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, โLook, here it is,โ or, โThere it is.โ For

What does the Parable of the Lost Sheep reveal about the boundless love and mercy of Jesus for every single person?… Read the rest

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

How does the love of a mother hen reflect Jesusโ yearning to gather and protect his beloved people?… Read the rest

Whatโs the recipe for heavenly herbal tea?
… Read the restโWoe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God.

… Read the restโWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter.

… Read the restNow when the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

… Read the restThe 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.