The Healing of a Paralytic

Photo of snail and pink turtlehead speaking the couplet about the healing of a paralytic.
โ€œThe Healing of a Paralyticโ€
Mark 2:1-12 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Through bold faith, friends lower a paralytic to Jesus, revealing His divine authority in the healing of a paralyticโ€”body and soul.… Read the rest

A Samaritan’s Thank You

Photo of snail and pink turtleheads with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "A Samaritan's Thank You."
โ€œA Samaritanโ€™s Thank Youโ€ Luke 17:11-19 โ€œin a snailshellโ€ Wednesday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How does a Samaritanโ€™s thank you reveal the power of gratitude in faith?

As he continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.

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The Cross and the Copper Serpent

Photo of snail and pink turtlehead speaking the Shalom Snail poem, "The Cross and the Copper Serpent."
โ€œThe Cross and the Copper Serpentโ€
A reflection on Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:13-17
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

First Reading

From Mount Hor they set out by way of the Red Sea, to bypass the land of Edom, but the peopleโ€™s patience was worn out by the journey; so the people complained against God and Moses, โ€œWhy have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness, where there is no food or water?

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If You Can!

Faith, Shalom Snail
โ€œIf You Can!โ€
A reflection on Mark 9:23-24 and Luke 1:37
Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to him, โ€œโ€˜If you can!โ€™ Everything is possible to one who has faith.โ€ Then the boyโ€™s father cried out, โ€œI do believe, help my unbelief!โ€

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