Kosher Hearts

Photo of snail and globe amaranth speaking the couplet, "Kosher Hearts."
โ€œKosher Heartsโ€
A reflection on Mark 7:14-23
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Cultivate kosher hearts: purity from within defeats evil, revealing God’s light.

Gospel

Mark 7:14-23

Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, โ€œHear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing… Read the rest

Like Incense

Photo of snail and tulips speaking the couplet, "Like Incense."
โ€œLike Incenseโ€
A reflection on Mark 7:1-13, Psalm 141:2
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Authentic worship aligns the heart with every word, drawing us into true communion with God.

Gospel

Mark 7:1-13

Now when the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him,ย they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.ย … Read the rest

Christ Binds the Strong Man

Photo of snail and tulips speaking the couplet, "Christ Binds the Strong Man."
โ€œChrist Binds the Strong Manโ€
A reflection on Mark 3:22-30
Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Christ binds the strong man, breaking Satan’s hold to plunder his house and free God’s children.

The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, โ€œHe is possessed by Beelzebul,โ€ and โ€œBy the prince of demons he drives out demons.โ€

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The Divine Physician

Photo of snail and aquilegia speaking the couplet about the Divine Physician.
โ€œThe Divine Physicianโ€
Mark 2:13-17 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus, the Divine Physician, seeks the sick and sinners, offering healing to all who need His mercy.

Once again he went out along the sea.

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Signs of the Times

Photo of snail and dahlia speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Signs of the Times."
โ€œSigns of the Timesโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:54-56
Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How can we discern the true signs of the times when spiritual blindness obscures the divine wonders unfolding before us?… Read the rest

Misfits for the Kingdom

Photo of snail on a cosmos with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Misfits for the Kingdom."
โ€œMisfits for the Kingdomโ€
A reflection on Luke 7:31-35
Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œThen to what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,

โ€˜We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.

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You Have but One Father in Heaven

Photo of baby snail asleep in a rose with the Shalom Snail couplet printed above.
โ€œYou Have but One Father in Heavenโ€
Matthew 23:1-12 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, โ€œThe scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.

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Lent, Day 7

Jonah and Jesus, Lent Day 7, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 7โ€
Matthew 12:38-42
Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat Antiphon
Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, โ€œTeacher, we wish to see a sign from you.โ€He

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Perfect Gift From Above

โ€œPerfect Gift From Aboveโ€
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Readings (Year B):

Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8
Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5
James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Ten Commandments, Oren neu dag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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