Shabbat Shalom

Photo of snail and tulip speaking the couplet, "Shabbat Shalom."
โ€œShabbat Shalomโ€
A reflection on Mark 3:1-6
Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Shabbat Shalom: Jesus heals a man with the withered hand, revealing the Sabbath as a day of wholeness and restoration.

Again he entered the synagogue.

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Christ Draws the City

Photo of snail and pieris japonica speaking the Shalom Snail couplet about Christ's healing power.
โ€œChrist Draws the Cityโ€
Mark 1:32-34 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

The whole city gathered at Peter’s door, drawn by Christ’s healing power that silences demons and restores shalom.

On leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simonโ€™s

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Figgy Sign of Eternity

Photo of snail on a fig tree with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Figgy Sign of Eternity."
โ€œFiggy Sign of Eternityโ€
A reflection on Luke 21:29-33
Friday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus gives us the figgy sign of eternity, lifting our gaze from the turning seasons to the timeless kingdom already breaking in.… Read the rest

Spiritual Dropsy

Photo of snail and celosia argentea speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Spiritual Dropsy."
โ€œSpiritual Dropsyโ€
A reflection on Luke 14:1-6
Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

How does the healing of spiritual dropsy reveal the tension between divine mercy and human pride in Jesusโ€™ encounter with the Pharisees?… Read the rest

Set Free on the Sabbath

Photo of snail and autumn crocuses speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Set Free on the Sabbath."
โ€œSet Free on the Sabbathโ€ Luke 13:10-17 โ€œin a snailshellโ€ Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How does Jesusโ€™ healing of the crippled woman reveal what it truly means to be set free on the Sabbath?… Read the rest

The Heart of the Sabbath

Photo of a snail amid phlox with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
โ€œThe Heart of the Sabbathโ€
A reflection on Luke 6:1-5 and Matthew 9:36
Saturday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

While he was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

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The King’s Invitation

โ€œThe Kingโ€™s Invitationโ€
A reflection on Matthew 22:1-14
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

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Wine for the Wedding Feast

โ€œWine for the Wedding Feastโ€
A reflection on John 2:1-11
ยฉ๏ธ2023 by Gloria M. Chang

On the third day there was a weddingย in Canaย in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.ย Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.ย 

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