No Marriage in Heaven?

Photo of three roses facing the sun with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "No Marriage in Heaven?"
โ€œNo Marriage in Heaven?โ€
A reflection on Luke 20:27-36
Saturday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to him, saying, โ€œTeacher, Moses wrote for us, โ€˜If someoneโ€™s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.โ€™

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From Abel to Zechariah

Photo of a snail and purple coneflowers with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "From Abel to Zechariah."
โ€œFrom Abel to Zechariahโ€
Luke 11:47-54 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How does the blood of Abel to Zechariah lead us back to God to accept the redemption offered by Christ?… Read the rest

Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

Reflect on the faith of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus! In John 11:19-27, Jesus proclaims, โ€œI am the resurrection and the life.โ€
โ€œSaints Martha, Mary, and Lazarusโ€
John 11:19-27 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home.

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Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

Photo of a snail and tulips by a waterfall speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œThe Voice Beyond the Caveโ€
John 20:1-2, 11-18 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
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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The Girl is Not Dead But Sleeping

Photo of snail amid irises with the couplet printed beneath.
โ€œThe Girl is Not Dead But Sleepingโ€
Matthew 9:23-25 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

While he was saying these things to them, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, โ€œMy daughter has just died.

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Resurrection Party

Two seagulls walking toward a beach shore speak the couplet: "Jesus Christ is ris'n from the dead! With heav'nly food, the Church is fed" (a reflection on John 21:1-14).
โ€œResurrection Partyโ€
A reflection on John 21:1-14
Third Sunday of Easter (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang


After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedeeโ€™s sons, and two others of his disciples. Simon

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Christ is Risen

A snail on daffodils with the message: Christ is risen, alleluia!
โ€œChrist is Risenโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang


Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you…

1 Peter 1:3-4

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