Isaiah 61, Day 6

Photo of snail and tulips speaking Isaiah 61:11a about God's garden.
โ€œIsaiah 61, Day 6โ€
Isaiah 61:11a
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

God’s promise blooms eternally: restoring the Garden of Eden, where justice and praise spring forth in fragrant abundance.

As the earth brings forth its shoots,
and a garden makes its seeds spring up,

So will the Lord God make justice spring up,
and praise before all the nations.

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Praying with the Son

Photo of snail, tulips, and daffodils with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Praying with the Son."
โ€œPraying With the Sonโ€
A reflection on Luke 11:1-4 and Romans 8:14-17
Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Praying with the Son, we embrace our identity as beloved children of God, joining Jesus in the Our Father to address our heavenly Father as โ€œAbba.โ€… Read the rest

Walking on Water with Jesus

Photo of tulips and a snail speaking the poem, "Walking on Water with Jesus."
โ€œWalking on Water with Jesusโ€
Matthew 14:22-33 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then he made the disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

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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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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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