The Promised Lamb

Promised Lamb, Shalom Snail
โ€œThe Promised Lambโ€
A reflection on Mark 8:27-33
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Now Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, โ€œWho do people say that I am?โ€ They

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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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Born an Original

โ€œBorn an Originalโ€
A reflection on Ephesians 1:3-6 and the wisdom of Blessed Carlo Acutis
Solemnity of Corpus Christi
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In

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Three Peas

โ€œThree Peasโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty,
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
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Trinity Sunday

โ€œGlory Be Doxologyโ€
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang
Andrei Rublev, Icon of the Trinity (15th century)

I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.

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Lord, Let Your Face Shine on Us

โ€œLord, Let Your Face Shine on Usโ€
From Psalm 4:6(7)
Third Sunday of Easter (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

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Re-Creation of Adam

โ€œRe-Creation of Adamโ€
The Baptism of the Lord (Year B)
A reflection on Mark 1:7-11
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: โ€œOne mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.

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A Mystery Hushed

โ€œA Mystery Hushedโ€
A reflection on Mark 9:2-13
Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 by Gloria M. Chang

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Then

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Resurrection in the World to Come

โ€œResurrection in the World to Comeโ€
Luke 20:34-36 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 by Gloria M. Chang

Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to him, saying, โ€œTeacher, Moses wrote for us, โ€˜If someoneโ€™s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.โ€™ Now

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