Fear Not!

Photo of baby snail on an adult snail walking on rocks above a waterfall. They speak to one another, "In the stormy sea, trust in the Lord, who says, I AM. Fear not!"
โ€œFear Not!โ€
A reflection on John 6:16-21
Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

John 6:16-21

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,ย got into a boat, and started across the sea to Caperโ€ฒna-um.… Read the rest

One Loaf of Bread

Photo of snail and pines at waterfall speaking the couplet, "One Loaf of Bread."
โ€œOne Loaf of Breadโ€
A reflection on Mark 8:14-21
Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ2022 Gloria M. Chang

In the boat with one loaf of bread, Jesus reveals deeper truth beyond physical hunger.

Gospel

Mark 8:14-21

They had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.ย … Read the rest

Yeshua at the Jordan River

Photo of snail and plant by a waterfall speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Yeshua at the Jordan River."
โ€œYeshua at the Jordan Riverโ€
A reflection on Matthew 3:1-12
Second Sunday of Advent (Year A)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Yeshua at the Jordan River: where Joshua, Elijah, and the Bridegroom converge to fulfill every ancient promise.

In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, โ€œRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!โ€ It

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As in the Days of Noah

Snail on an evergreen branch overlooking a waterfall with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "As in the Days of Noah."
โ€œAs in the Days of Noah” A reflection on Luke 17:26-37 Friday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

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Jonah and Jesus

Photo of three snails on tulips next to a waterfall speaking the Shalom Snail poem.
โ€œJonah and Jesusโ€
Matthew 12:38-42 in a tercet
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, โ€œTeacher, we wish to see a sign from you.โ€ He said to them in reply, โ€œAn evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

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Saints Peter and Paul: Nets in the Holy Sea

Two snails atop a rock overlooking a waterfall reflect on Saints Peter and Paul: "A fisherman and a Pharisee / Netted the world in the holy sea!"
โ€œSaints Peter and Paul: Nets in the Holy Seaโ€
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedeeโ€™s sons, and two others of his disciples.

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Lent, Day 24

Lent Day 24, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 24โ€
Isaiah 55:1 from which the Entrance Antiphon is adapted
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

โ€œBut whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.โ€

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Lent, Day 20

Lent Day 20, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 20โ€
Liturgy of the Hours, Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Office of Readings, First Responsory from 2 Corinthians 3:18
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, was so glorious that the Israelites could not look intently at the face of Moses because of its glory that was going to fade, how much more will the ministry of the Spirit be glorious? 

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Lent, Day 17

Lent Day 17, Shalom Snail
โ€œLent, Day 17โ€
Psalm Response from 42:2(3)
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, โ€œI thirst.โ€

John 19:28

Athirst is my soul for the living God. 

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