Whoever Has Ears to Hear Ought to Hear

Photo of snail and cherry speaking the couplet about the Parable of the Sower meaning.
โ€œWhoever has ears to hear ought to hearโ€
A reflection on Mark 4:1-20
Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

What is the true meaning of the Parable of the Sower? Jesusโ€™ metaparable reveals that hearing the Word is not enoughโ€”only a pure, receptive heart bears abundant fruit.… Read the rest

God’s Seed

God's seed, saints, Shalom Snail, deification
โ€œGodโ€™s Seedโ€
A reflection on 1 John 3:7-10
ยฉ๏ธ2025 Gloria M. Chang

Children, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning.

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Easter Sprouts

โ€œEaster Sproutsโ€
A reflection on John 12:24
Easter Sunday
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

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The Parable of the Weeds Explained

Photo of a snail on a sunflower with the Shalom Snail couplet beneath.
โ€œThe Parable of the Weeds Explainedโ€
A reflection on Matthew 13:36-43
Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, โ€œExplain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.โ€

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