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…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:12-19 Jesus went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Wisdom and Intelligence” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus is inviting us to live our faith with divine wisdom. And this is to know how to discern God’s Will and follow it with creative fidelity. Ponder on, “To have intelligence is to have knowledge; but this…
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening29th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 27th October 2023Rom. 6:19-23; Ps. 1:1-2,3,4 and 6; Lk. 12:49-53 (Ps. Wk. I) The famous “Prayer of Serenity” asks God for the serenity to accept the things that one cannot change, the courage to change the things that one can and the wisdom…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:54-59 Jesus said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rain is coming, and so it does. And when the wind is from the south you say it's going to be hot, and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to…