Each day is a gift; let us treat it as if it were our last21st Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 1st September 20231 Thess. 4:1-8; Ps. 96:1-2b,5-6,10,11-12; Mt. 25:1-13 (Ps. Wk. 1) Leading a life pleasing to God is not all that difficult. We need only imagine that we are in God’s presence –…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 25:1-6, 8-9, 13 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil with them, whereas…
Lord, I thank You for the gift of this day21st Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 31st August 20231 Thess. 3:7-13; Ps. 89:3-4,12-14,17; Mt. 24:42-51 (Ps. Wk. I) It is very difficult to face the challenges of life completely alone. When we are united with others in a bond of love, we are strengthened, and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 24:42-46 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Hypocrisy – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy. They deceive others; that they are virtuous religious, when in fact, they are full of evil, injustice, immorality. Ponder on, “Do we fall into the temptations of living our faith only…
Lord, help me to reflect on your life and follow you21st Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 30th August 20231 Thess. 2: 9-13; Ps. 138:7-12; Mt.23:27-32 (Ps. Wk. I) Paul expressed a pastoral and parental concern for the people in the Church at Thessalonica. He reminded them that he had worked to pay his own…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 23:27-32 Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption. In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you…
The Passion of St John the Baptist21st Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 29th August 2023Jer. 1:17-19; Ps. 70:1-2,3-4a,5-6ab,15ab and 17; Mk. 6:17-29 (Ps. Wk. I) A strange fact about humans is that we are haunted by both sin and goodness. Herod was an odd mixture. He feared and respected John at the same time.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Paul’s Martyrdom” – Faith: In today’s Gospel episode the revengeful Herodias, demanded the beheading of John the Baptist, and rejected the wealth of “half the kingdom” of king Herod. Ponder on, “Do we have deep hurts that we still harbour and even desire to seek revenge? …
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:22-28 When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she delighted Herod and his guests; so the king said to the girl, ‘Ask me anything you like and I will give it you.’ And he swore her an oath, ‘I will give you anything you ask, even half my kingdom.’…