Solidarity

Photo of snail and rio speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Solidarity."
โ€œSolidarityโ€
A reflection on Luke 13:1-5
Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How does Jesusโ€™ call to be transformed in the face of tragedy challenge us to embrace solidarity with all of humanity?

Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.

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A Cup of Herbal Tea

Photo of a snail and a Japanese holly speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "A Cup of Herbal Tea."
โ€œA Cup of Herbal Teaโ€
Luke 11:42 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Wednesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Whatโ€™s the recipe for heavenly herbal tea?

โ€œWoe 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.

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Hey, Wazzup?

Photo of snail and Japanese holly speaking the Shalom Snail couplet about purity of heart, "Hey, Wazzup?"
โ€œHey, Wazzup?โ€
Luke 11:37-41 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Purity of heart involves cleansing the inner self through heartfelt almsgiving, not just performing superficial rituals.


While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.

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Lent, Day 18

โ€œLent, Day 18โ€
Psalm 17:8 from which the Entrance Antiphon is adapted
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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