God is Love, Day 2

Photo of snail and rose speaking 1 John 4:7, "Everyone who loves is begotten by God."
โ€œGod is Love, Day 2โ€
1 John 4:7b
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang


“The love of God is the source of all good things.โ€

St. Gregory of Nyssa

Everyone who loves is
begotten by God and knows God.

Traditional Chinese Translation

ๅ‡กๆ˜ฏๆœ‰ๆ„›็š„๏ผŒ
้ƒฝ็”ฑ็ฅžๆ‰€็”Ÿ๏ผŒไธฆไธ”่ช่ญ˜็ฅžใ€‚

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God is Love, Day 1

God is Love, Shalom Snail, 1 John 4
โ€œGod is Love, Day 1โ€
1 John 4:7a
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang


“Nothing is so great as love; for love is the bond of perfection.”

St. John Chrysostom

Beloved, let us love one another, 
because love is of God.

Traditional Chinese Translation

ๅ„ไฝ่’™ๆ„›็š„ไบบๅ“ช๏ผŒ่ฎ“ๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๅฝผๆญค็›ธๆ„›๏ผŒ
ๅ› ็‚บๆ„›ๆ˜ฏๅ‡บๆ–ผ็ฅž็š„ใ€‚

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Tears of Love and Sorrow

Photo of a snail and dew drenched rose speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Tears of Love and Sorrow."
โ€œTears of Love and Sorrowโ€
Luke 7:36-50 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
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A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Phariseeโ€™s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.

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Loaves of the Trinity

Photo of snail and roses speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œLoaves of the Trinityโ€
A reflection on Luke 11:5-8
Sunday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
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And he said to them, โ€œSuppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, โ€˜Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,โ€™ and he says in reply from within, โ€˜Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed.

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The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

A snail and pink roses reflect on Matthew 11:29: "Yoked with Jesus, Hearts learn meekness."
โ€œYoked with Jesusโ€
Matthew 11:29 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Gospel Acclamation
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.

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Children of Mary

Children of Mary, Shalom Snail
โ€œChildren of Maryโ€
A reflection on Luke 1:39-45 and Mark 10:13-16
Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
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In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And

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If Every Flower Wanted to Be a Rose…

โ€œIf Every Flower Wanted to Be a Roseโ€ฆโ€
The wisdom of St. Therese of Lisieux โ€œin a snailshellโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:35-45
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Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said to him, โ€œTeacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.โ€

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God’s Designs

โ€œGodโ€™s Designsโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:2-12; Genesis 1:27-28a, 2:18-24
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
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Law of Moses on Divorce

The Pharisees approached and asked, โ€œIs it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?โ€

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Love of God and Neighbor

โ€œLove of God and Neighborโ€
Matthew 22:34-40 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking,โ€œTeacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?โ€

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