From Aleph to Tav

โ€œFrom Aleph to Tavโ€
Mark 12:28-34 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Readings:

Deuteronomy 6:2-6 
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 12:28-34

Blueprint for Freedom

After the exodus from Egypt and its polytheistic culture, Moses leads the Israelites into the wilderness to begin a long journey of divine pedagogy and discipline.… Read the rest

Let Us Love One Another in God

โ€œLet Us Love One Another in Godโ€
Mark 12:28-34 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, โ€œWhich is the first of all the commandments?โ€

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New and Old Treasures

โ€œNew and Old Treasuresโ€
A reflection on Matthew 13:51-53
Sunday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œHave you understood all these things?โ€ They said to him, โ€œYes.โ€ And he said to them, โ€œTherefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.โ€

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The Greatest Commandment

Shema Yisrael at the Knesset Menorah in Jerusalem
(Licensed by Rabanus Flavus under CC-BY-SA-3.0)

9th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday

Mark 12:28-34

A Scribeโ€™s Query

Most encounters between Jesus and the teachers of the Law end in confrontation, but in this passage, we meet a thoughtful and spiritually discerning son of Israel. … Read the rest