Isaiah 61, Day 5

Photo of snail and spider flower with text overlay of Isaiah 61:10c about the bridegroom and bride.
โ€œIsaiah 61, Day 5โ€
Isaiah 61:10c
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

The eternal Bridegroom and Bride form heavenโ€™s royal temple, sealed in divine splendor.

Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 61:10c

Heavenly Marriage

Biblical marriage between a bridegroom and his bride has royal, sacred, and cosmic significance. … Read the rest

The Wedding at Cana

Wedding Feast at Cana, Shalom Snail, mystic wine
โ€œThe Wedding at Canaโ€ John 2:1-11 โ€œin a snailshellโ€ Sunday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time (Year C) ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus

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New Wine into Fresh Wineskins

13th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)

Amos 9:11-15; Matthew 9:14-17

The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, โ€œWhy do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?โ€

Jesus and the Twelve must have appeared to the mourning disciples of the beheaded John the Baptist as a spiritually undisciplined band.… Read the rest