Journey to Wholeness
… Read the rest“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
… Read the restAt that time Jesus said in reply, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
… Read the restThe seventy[-two] returned rejoicing, and said, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold,
… Read the rest“No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
When a child is begotten
Past travails are forgotten.
… Read the restAmen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When
The glory of the Lord entered the temple by the eastward gate,
and the house of God was filled with his splendor.… Read the rest
… Read the restAs he was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At
There is no rose of such virtue
As is the rose that bare Jesu;
Alleluia.
… Read the restThere was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.
… Read the restWhen the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
… Read the restTo comfort all who mourn;
to place on those who mourn in Zion
a diadem instead of ashes,
To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning,
a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit.
“Isaiah 61, Day 1” (2 panels)
Isaiah 61:1
©️2020 by Gloria M. Chang
… Read the restThe spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
release to the prisoners,
To announce a year of favor from the Lord
and a day of vindication by our God.
The blossom from the stump of Jesse will see with the eye of God:
… Read the restNot by appearance shall he judge,
nor by hearsay shall he decide,
But he shall judge the poor with justice,
and decide fairly for the land’s afflicted.
A spirit of counsel and of strength,
Isaiah 11:2b-3a
a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord,
and his delight shall be the fear of the Lord.
The Hebrew word etsah (counsel, advice, guidance) is cognate with etsah (trees), from the parent root ets (tree, trees, wood).… Read the rest
The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him:
Isaiah 11:2a
a spirit of wisdom and of understanding…
In Hebrew, wisdom (chokmah) encompasses both sagacity and skill.… Read the rest
But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse,
Isaiah 11:1
and from his roots a bud shall blossom.
The dynasty of David, the strong, ruddy youth chosen from among the sons of Jesse (1 Samuel 16:12), had decayed to a stump thirteen kings and over three hundred years later during the reign of King Ahaz.… Read the rest
“Our Lady of the Rosary”
In commemoration of the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571
Photos from the Mary Garden at the Passionist Monastery in Jamaica, NY
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang
From the Liturgy of the Hours for the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary:
… Read the restThis commemorative feast was established by Saint Pius V on the anniversary of the naval victory won by the Christian fleet at Lepanto.
… Read the restOne of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
