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Whitewashed Tombs

Photo of snail and whiteswan coneflowers speaking the reflection on Matthew 23:27-32: "Whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones! / Change your heart, for the whole earth groans."
“Whitewashed Tombs”
A reflection on Matthew 23:27-32 and Romans 8:19-23
Wednesday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Gospel

Matthew 23:27-32

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. … Read the rest

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Christ Sets Hearts Loose

“Christ Sets Hearts Loose”
Luke 11:45-46 and Matthew 11:28-30 “in a snailshell”
©️2024 Gloria M. Chang

Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law!

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