The Love of a Mother Hen

Photo of snail and zinnia speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "The Love of a Mother Hen."
โ€œThe Love of a Mother Henโ€
Luke 13:34 and Matthew 23:37 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

How does the love of a mother hen reflect Jesusโ€™ yearning to gather and protect his beloved people?… Read the rest

Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles

Photo of snail and zinnia speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles."
โ€œSaints Simon and Jude, Apostles”
Ephesians 2:19-22 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

On the feast of Saints Simon and Jude, let us contemplate the image of the Church as living stones built upon Christ the cornerstone.… Read the rest

Signs of the Times

Photo of snail and dahlia speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "Signs of the Times."
โ€œSigns of the Timesโ€
A reflection on Luke 12:54-56
Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

How can we discern the true signs of the times when spiritual blindness obscures the divine wonders unfolding before us?… Read the rest

The Parable of the Lamp

Photo of snail and dahlia speaking the Shalom Snail couplet, "The Parable of the Lamp."
โ€œThe Parable of the Lampโ€
A reflection on Luke 8:16-18
Monday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang


The Parable of the Lamp reveals how an evangelist, ignited by Christโ€™s Spirit, shines Godโ€™s Light to illuminate the world.… Read the rest

Lent, Day 36

A snail and a red zinnia speak the Communion Antiphon from Romans 8:32: "God did not spare his own Son, but handed him over for us all."
โ€œLent, Day 36โ€
Communion Antiphon from Romans 8:32
Tuesday of Holy Week
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

The angel of the LORD said to Abraham, โ€œDo not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.โ€

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Lent, Day 28

โ€œLent, Day 28โ€
Communion Antiphon abridged from 1 Peter 1:18-19
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

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