Christโ€™s Fidelity and Our Fickleness

Photo of snail and tulips with text overlay of the poetic reflection on Christ's Fidelity and Our Fickleness.
โ€œChristโ€™s Fidelity and Our Ficklenessโ€
Palm Sunday (Year A)
ยฉ2026 Gloria M. Chang

From Hosanna to Crucify him: Christ’s fidelity endures amid our fickleness.

Gospel (At the Procession of Palms)

Matthew 21:1-11

When Jesus and the disciples drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tethered, and a colt with her.… Read the rest

Isaiah 61, Day 7

Photo of snail and tulips speaking about the Righteous Branch in Isaiah 61:11.
โ€œIsaiah 61, Day 7โ€
Isaiah 61:11b
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

From divine soil, a righteous Branch springs forth, blooming justice and praise across the nations.

As the earth brings forth its shoots,
and a garden makes its seeds spring up,

So will the Lord God make justice spring up,
and praise before all the nations.

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King of Peace

โ€œKing of Peaceโ€ (6 panels)
Zechariah 9:9 and Matthew 21:9
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang


Who is the humble King of Peace who rides a donkey to conquer hearts and proclaim peace to the nations?… Read the rest

A Blind Beggar Glorifies God

Photo of snail and dahlia speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "A Blind Beggar Glorifies God."
โ€œA Blind Beggar Glorifies Godโ€
A reflection on Luke 18:35-43
Monday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

What can we learn from a blind beggar who glorifies God through persistent faith amid rejection?

As Jesus approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening. They

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From Abel to Zechariah

Photo of a snail and purple coneflowers with text overlay of the Shalom Snail couplet, "From Abel to Zechariah."
โ€œFrom Abel to Zechariahโ€
Luke 11:47-54 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How does the blood of Abel to Zechariah lead us back to God to accept the redemption offered by Christ?… Read the rest

I Am the Resurrection

โ€œAll Soulsโ€™ Day Benedictus” (16 panels)
ยฉ๏ธ2020 by Gloria M. Chang

The Benedictus antiphon, โ€œI am the Resurrection, I am the Life; to believe in me means life, in spite of death, and all who believe and live in me shall never die,โ€ is taken from the Liturgy of the Hours for All Soulsโ€™ Day.… Read the rest

Christ the Lord is Born Today

โ€œChrist the Lord is born todayโ€
Luke 2:8-14 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
ยฉ๏ธ2021 by Gloria M. Chang

Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.

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