Holiness is not just about personal devotion but about how we act and react toward others1st Week of Lent (C) : Monday 10th March 2025Lev 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 18 (19):8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 (Ps Wk I) The readings for Monday of the First Week of Lent offer profound insights into the Christian life, focusing on themes…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Eternal Life” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples; the essential conditions of receiving the divine Gift of “Eternal Salvation.” We are to love God wholeheartedly, and show such love through our compassionate love and care for others. Ponder on, “We cannot grow…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 25:31, 32b, 34-40 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. He will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. Then the King will…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 4:1-3a, 7-11 Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry, and the tester came and Jesus said to him, Scripture also says: Do not put the Lord…
Our Lenten journey - towards a deeper relationship with the Lord1st Sunday of Lent (C) : Sunday 9th March 2025Deut 26:4-10; Ps 90 (91):1-2, 10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 (Ps Wk I) After Jesus' baptism, He was ‘led by the Spirit into the desert’ where He was tempted by the devil. He passed through undistracted. Our…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Temptations” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the devil tempted Jesus. He tried to lure Jesus into giving up His Fasting, as He was very hungry. And, the honours of worldly possessions, by his false claims that he owns them. Ponder on, “Temptations are falsehoods that lure…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:27-32 Jesus noticed a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax office, and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And leaving everything Levi got up and followed him. In his honour Levi held a great reception in his house, and with them at table was a large gathering of tax…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – Messiah – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus likens Himself to the “bridegroom” where fasting is exempted during wedding celebrations. As such, when He, the Messiah, is Present, we are to celebrate and rejoice. Ponder on, “If there is no Eternal Salvation in our faith,…
St John of God, Religious, pray for usSaturday after Ash Wednesday : 8th March 2025Is 58:9-14; Ps 85 (86):1-6; Lk 5:27-32 (Ps Wk IV) Isaiah comments on complaints being made by people that, though they are fasting, God is not taking any notice of them. The reason, says Isaiah, is because while they are virtuously fasting,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – Messiah – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus likens Himself to the “bridegroom” where fasting is exempted during wedding celebrations. As such, when He, the Messiah, is Present, we are to celebrate and rejoice. Ponder on, “If there is no Eternal Salvation in our faith,…