St Bruno, priest, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 6th October 2023Bar. 1:15-22; Ps.79(78):1-2,3-5,8,9; Lk. 10:13-16 (Ps. Wk. II) Psalm 79 is a community prayer to God for help during national distress. God’s land has been “invaded”… God’s holy temple has been “profaned”… Jerusalem is “a heap of ruins” (v 1). The…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 10:13-16 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. And still, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Miracles” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the cities that were blind and obstinate, and refused to repent of their sins, in spite of the many miracles that were done for them. Ponder on, “God blesses us with many miracles daily. However, are we not…
St Mary Faustina Kowalska, virgin, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 5th October 2023Neh. 8:1-4a,5-6,7b-12; Ps. 18:8,9,10,11; Lk. 10:1-12 (Ps. Wk. II) The people had been in Babylonian exile for fifty years. They had forgotten their traditions and their ways of worship. They had to begin the process of relearning their former…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 10:1-11 The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting. And he said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Peace” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus commissioned his seventy-two disciples to go out to all the towns to proclaim the Good News of Salvation and bless them with His Divine Peace. Ponder on, “Jesus wants to bless us abundantly. However, do we welcome Him…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 9:57-62 As Jesus and his disciples travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus answered, ‘Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.’ Another…
St Francis of Assisi, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 4th October 2023Neh. 2:1-8; Ps. 136:1-2,3,4-5,6; Lk. 9:57-62 (Ps. Wk. II) Christian discipleship means having no permanent place to call home on this earth. However, it is not about being materially poor; one cannot afford a modest dwelling. The whole idea behind…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Discipleship – Commitment: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that those who want to be His disciple, need to have a selfless and unconditional commitment, as He has proclaimed and witnessed; even to be willing to die for the faith. Ponder on, “Do we often desire to…
Lord, help me to be open and accept everyone, regardless of their background26th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 3rd October 2023Zec. 8:20-23; Ps. 86:1-3,4-5,6-7; Lk. 9:51-56 (Ps. Wk. II) In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus, an observant Jew, is always portrayed as setting his goal towards Jerusalem. In today’s passage, He uses the shorter…