You Have but One Father in Heaven

Photo of baby snail asleep in a rose with the Shalom Snail couplet printed above.
โ€œYou Have but One Father in Heavenโ€
Matthew 23:1-12 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, โ€œThe scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.

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The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

โ€œAnd his mother kept all these things in her heartโ€
A reflection on Luke 2:49-51
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang


Each year Jesusโ€™ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom.

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Water and Spirit

Christina DeMichele, Christ Enthroned in His Creation (Used with permission)

Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter

John 3:7-15

โ€œHow can this be?โ€ Nicodemus asked Jesus (John 3:9). How can a person be โ€œborn of the Spirit?โ€

The youthful Mary had also asked the angel Gabriel, โ€œHow can this be?โ€… Read the rest

Holy Women

Icon of the Holy Myrrhbearers

24th Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)

1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 8:1-3

Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herodโ€™s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.Read the rest