The Root of Jesse, Day 5

Photo of snail and sedum speaking Isaiah 11:6a about the Kingdom of Shalom.
โ€œThe Root of Jesse, Day 5โ€
Isaiah 11:6a
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

In the Kingdom of Shalom, wolf and lamb lie down togetherโ€”glimpsed today in saints who befriend the wild.

Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat.

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Loaves of the Trinity

Photo of snail and roses speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œLoaves of the Trinityโ€
A reflection on Luke 11:5-8
Sunday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

And he said to them, โ€œSuppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, โ€˜Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,โ€™ and he says in reply from within, โ€˜Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed.

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