No Procrastination

Photo of snail and purple top vervain with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "No Procrastination."
โ€œNo Procrastinationโ€
A reflection on Luke 21:34-36
Saturday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

No procrastination: Jesus warns us to stay awake and vigilant todayโ€”not tomorrow.

Jesus said to his disciples: “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.

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Serving From a Full Heart

Photo of snail and obedient plant speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Serving from a Full Heart."
โ€œServing from a Full Heartโ€
A reflection on Luke 17:7-10
Tuesday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

How can serving from a full heart transform our obedience into a joyful union with God’s divine love?

โ€œWho among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, โ€˜Come here immediately and take your place at tableโ€™? Would

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Sleepless Sentinels

Photo of snail and weeping Japanese pagoda with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "Sleepless Sentinels."
โ€œSleepless Sentinelsโ€
Luke 12:35-38 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Tuesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Are you ready to stand as sleepless sentinels, vigilant for the Master’s return?

โ€œGird your loins and light your lampsand be like servants who await their masterโ€™s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.

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The Divine Thief

โ€œThe Divine Thiefโ€โ€จ
A reflection on Matthew 24:42-44 and Isaiah 57:15
Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into.

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A Feast for Watchful Servants

A photo of a snail and spiraea japonica speaking the couplet, "A Feast for Watchful Servants."
โ€œA Feast for Watchful Servantsโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:35-38
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œGird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their masterโ€™s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins

โ€œThe Parable of the Ten Virginsโ€
A reflection on Matthew 25:1-13 and Song of Solomon 5:2
Friday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œThen the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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Awake, Sleepyheads!

โ€œAwake, Sleepyheads!โ€
A reflection on Mark 13:33-37
First Sunday of Advent (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2023 Gloria M. Chang

Jesus said to his disciples: โ€œBe watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad.

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