Lord, help me to follow Your example in all things32nd Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 12th November 2023Wis. 6:12-16; Ps. 62:2abc,2d-4,5-6,7-8; 1 Thess. 4:13-18 (or 4:13-14); Mt. 25:1-13 (Ps. Wk. IV) There are two kinds of wisdom: worldly ‘wisdom’ and wisdom, that is, knowledge of God and God’s ways. The first wisdom is how…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Kingdom of Heaven” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Bridesmaids” to remind us that we are called to live our faith with vigilance. Ponder on, “This can happen when for example, we stop going for the physical Mass, even after the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Divided Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples, “You cannot be the slave of both God and of money.” Ponder on, “Do we find Jesus’ Words of Wisdom to be our daily challenges? “Being a slave to money’ could also refer to our attachments…
St Martin of Tours, Bishop, pray for us31st Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 11th November 2023Rom. 16:3-9,16,22-27; Ps. 144:2-3,4-5, 10-11; Lk. 16:9-15 (Ps. Wk. III) In yesterday’s Gospel reading, Jesus commends the astuteness of the dishonest steward not in the latter’s moral life but in his shrewdness in stewardship. Jesus hoped that “the sons…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 16:10-15 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Anyone who is trustworthy in little things is trustworthy in great; anyone who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in great. If then you are not trustworthy with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches? And if you are not…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 16:1-6, 8 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘There was a rich man and he had a steward who was denounced to him for being wasteful with his property. He called for the man and said, “What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because…
St Leo the Great, pope & doctor, pray for us31st Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 10th November 2023Rom. 15:14-21; Ps. 97:1,2-3ab,3cd-4; Lk. 16:1-8 (Ps. Wk. III) Goals are to be achieved by way of helpful means. St Paul says today that he carries out his priestly duty by bringing the Good News from God…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Creative Fidelity” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus praised the “Astute Steward” for providing for his own needs, as his employer intends to terminate his employment. Ponder on, “If we truly love and value our relationship with the Lord, then we will not only live our…
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica31st Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 9th November 2023Ex. 47:1-2,8-9,12 or 1 Cor. 3:9-11,16-17; Ps. 45:2-3,5-6,8-9; Jn. 2:13-22 (Ps. Wk. III) Today’s readings seem to be about erecting boundaries: foundations, buildings and temples. Church walls do not make one a Christian. Nonetheless, walls, borders and lines delimit sacred space…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 2:13-19 When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there. Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle…