God’s Treasure

“God’s Treasure”
Responsorial Psalm 100:3 (2 panels)
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”

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No One Can Take My Sheep

“No One Can Take My Sheep”
Adapted from John 10:29-30
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

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I Am the Gate

“I Am the Gate”
John 10:7
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang

Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.

John 10:9

I am the gate for the sheep.

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Beloved Shepherd

“Beloved Shepherd”
A reflection on John 10:1-10
Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang

“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But

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Lent, Day 27

“Lent, Day 27”
Psalm 34:18 (19)
From the Responsorial Psalm
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang

When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Jesus and Zacchaeus

“Jesus and Zacchaeus”
Luke 19:1-4 “in a snailshell”
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang

At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So

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His Heart Was Moved With Pity For Them

“His heart was moved with pity for them”
A reflection on Matthew 9:36
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness.

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The Shepherd’s Staff

“The Shepherd’s Staff”
A reflection on Mark 6:8; Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:4
Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
©2022 by Gloria M. Chang

And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

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Shepherd of the Lost

4th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year I)

Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; Psalm 23; Mark 6:30-34

The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”

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