Lent, Day 36

A snail and a red zinnia speak the Communion Antiphon from Romans 8:32: "God did not spare his own Son, but handed him over for us all."
โ€œLent, Day 36โ€
Communion Antiphon from Romans 8:32
Tuesday of Holy Week
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

The angel of the LORD said to Abraham, โ€œDo not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.โ€

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Lent, Day 11

Spirit and Life, Lent Day 11, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 11โ€
Gospel Acclamation from John 6:63c, 68c
Monday of the Second Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus
from the law of sin and death.

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World of Vapor

โ€œWorld of Vaporโ€
A reflection on Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?

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Planetary Peace

โ€œPlanetary Peaceโ€
A reflection on Romans 8:18-23
Sunday of the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us. For

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Trinitarian Cosmos

Slavic icon of creation

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)

Isaiah 55:10-11; Romans 8:18-23; Mattthew 13:1-23

Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; my word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.Read the rest