Pentecost

โ€œPentecostโ€ (2 panels)
A reflection on Acts 2:1-4
Pentecost Sunday
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang


When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then

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Before the Foundation of the World

A snail and three tulips reflect on John 17:20-26 and Ephesians 1:3-6: "Love has no beginning but made all things to be. Abba, before all worlds, called us to unity."
โ€œBefore the Foundation of the Worldโ€
A reflection on John 17:20-26 and Ephesians 1:3-6
Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œI pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And

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The New Jerusalem

A snail and a tulip reflect on Revelation 21:23: "No sun or moon will shine in the new Yerushalaim / For the Lamb will be our lamp beyond transient time."
โ€œThe New Jerusalemโ€
A reflection on Revelation 21:23
Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Yerushalaim is the transliteration of Jerusalem. Click phonetics for the pronunciation of Yerushalaim.


He took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It

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Lose It All, Gain It All

Lose It All Gain It All, Shalom Snail
โ€œLose It All, Gain It Allโ€
A reflection on Mark 10:28-31
Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Peter began to say to him, โ€œWe have given up everything and followed you.โ€ Jesus said, โ€œAmen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.

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The Spirit of the Holy Name

Spirit of the Holy Name, Shalom Snail
โ€œThe Spirit of the Holy Nameโ€
A reflection on Mark 9:41
Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

John said to him, โ€œTeacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us.โ€ But

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The Baptism of the Lord

Baptism of the Lord, Shalom Snail
โ€œThe Baptism of the Lordโ€
A reflection on Luke 3:15-16, 21-22
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

The people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah. John answered them all, saying, โ€œI am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming.

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What Did God Say?

โ€œWhat Did God Sayโ€
A reflection on Mark 9:2-10
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves.

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I AM the Bread of Life

โ€œI AM the Bread of Life (2 panels)โ€
John 6:35

Sunday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

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Why Are You Terrified?

โ€œWhy Are You Terrified?โ€
Inspired by Mark 4:35-41
Sunday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, โ€œLet us cross to the other side.โ€ Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was.

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Seeds of the Kingdom

โ€œSeeds of the Kingdomโ€ (3 panels)
A reflection on Mark 4:26-29 
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

He said, โ€œThis is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.

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