Lord, help me to be a witness to your Message in my life?30th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 31st October 2023Rom. 8:18-25; Ps. 125:1-2ab,2cd-3,4-5,6; Lk. 13:18-21 (Ps. Wk. II) Luke gives two brief parables of Jesus, which describe the Kingdom or the Reign of God in this world. They may be brief, but they…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 13:18-21 Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.’ Again he said, ‘What…
Lord, may I always show compassion and mercy to others30th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 30th October 2023Rom. 8:12-17; Ps. 67:2 and 4,6-7ab,20-21; Lk. 13:10-17 (Ps. Wk. II) We can choose to be led by the flesh or by the spirit. If we are led by the flesh, we turn away from God and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Compassionate Love” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ Compassion went beyond the Sabbath Laws. He cured the woman who was ‘bound’ and crippled by Satan for eighteen years. Ponder on, “When our compassion is genuine, we will not give excuses for not helping a person in…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 13:10-13, 14b-15a, 16 One Sabbath day Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and there before him was a woman who for eighteen years had been possessed by a spirit that crippled her; she was bent double and quite unable to stand upright. When Jesus saw her he called her…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your…
Lord, help me love You and all those around me as You love them30th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 29th October 2023Ex. 22:20-26; Ps. 17:2-3a,3bc-4,47 and 51ab; 1 Thess. 1:5c-10; Mt. 22:34-40 (Ps. Wk. II) Jesus had just silenced the Sadducees who had tried to catch Him out with a problem to which they…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Loving God” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus responded to the Pharisees’ question; that the “Greatest Commandment of the Law” is “To love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind. And, to love your neighbour as yourself.” Ponder on, “Do we justify…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Apostles of Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus calls the apostles to be His inner circle of friends to proclaim His Good News and perpetuate the Church through the power of the Holy Spirit. Ponder on, “The apostles were ordinary people and were sinners. However,…
Feast of SS Simon and Jude, Apostles, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 28th October 2023Eph. 2:19-22; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Lk. 6:12-19 (Psalter proper or feast) Our world is seriously divided, and even our Church has not been spared. Many identify themselves by what they are not rather than what they are, and…