The Root of Jesse, Day 2

Photo of snail and rosebud speaking Isaiah 11:2a, "The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding."
โ€œThe Root of Jesse, Day 2โ€
Isaiah 11:2a
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

True wisdom is not mere knowledgeโ€”it is the Spirit-given skill to discern, to craft, and to build what endures, from the tabernacle in the wilderness to the eternal house of God.… Read the rest

Hail, Holy Queen

Photo of snail and marigolds with the Shalom Snail couplet printed beneath.
โ€œHail, Holy Queenโ€
A reflection on 1 Kings 2:19-20 and Luke 1:26-38
Memorial of the Queenship of Mary
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her.

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World of Vapor

โ€œWorld of Vaporโ€
A reflection on Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?

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Christ, the Living Stone

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

Third Week of Lent, Wednesday

Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9; Matthew 5:17-19

Now therefore, Israel, hear the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

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Something Greater than Solomon and Jonah

King Solomon, Russian icon from the first quarter of the 18th century. (Iconostasis of Kizhi Monastery, Russia)

28th Week in Ordinary Time, Monday (Year II)

Luke 11:29-32 

While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, โ€œThis generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.Read the rest