St Anthony Mary Claret, bishop, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 24th October 2023Rom. 5:12,15b,17-19,20b-21; Ps. 39:7-8a,8b-9,10,17; Lk. 12:35-38 (Ps. Wk. I) Paul wrote to the Church in Rome about sin and grace. Sin came into the world through one man, Adam, but grace also came into the world through one man,…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:35-38 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘See that you have your belts done up and your lamps lit. Be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks. ‘Blessed those servants whom the master finds awake…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Vigilant Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to His disciples about the importance of being vigilant in living the faith. Ponder on, “To live such a vigilance, we need to have genuine desires to love God, even though we are weak and fall into sins. We…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Blinded by Riches” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to the crowds, in the “Parable of the Rich man”, that material riches are good. However, if we are consumed by them, this can lead us to lose the true meaning of our lives, and even…
St John of Capestrano, priest, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 23rd October 2023Rom. 4:20-25; (R. Ps.) Lk. 1:69-70,71-72,73-75; Lk. 12:13-21 (Ps. Wk. I) Someone in the crowd asks Jesus to be the arbitrator over the distribution of their family fortunes. Jesus declines but tells the people to guard themselves against greed…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:15-21 Jesus said to the crowd, ‘'Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for life does not consist in possessions, even when someone has more than he needs.’ Then he told them a parable, ‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 22:15-21 The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he said. And they sent their disciples to him, together with some Herodians, to say, ‘Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in all honesty, and that…
Lord, may we be faithful to our calling and remember that You are with us, always leading us to You!29th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 22nd October 2023Is. 45:1-6; Ps. 95:1 and 3,4-5,7-8a,9-10c; 1 Thess. 1:1-5b; Mt. 22:15-21 (Ps. Wk. I) Today’s first two readings talk about the call and faithfulness to that call.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Hypocrisy in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees tried to set a trap to denounce and destroy Jesus’ Good and Divine reputation, that was attracting many followers away from him. Ponder on, “Hypocrisy in our faith is a sin of deception that uses our faith to…
Lord, I believe; help my unbelief28th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 21st October 2023Rom. 4:13,16-18; Ps. 104:6-7,8-9,42-43; Lk. 12:8-12 (Ps. Wk. IV) Sometimes we tend to think that God’s blessing granted to us is based on the merits of our good deeds and observances of the Laws we make. In the Letter to the…