DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith in Jesus: In today’s Gospel, the crowds ridiculed Jesus when He went to raise one of the official’s daughter to life.. Ponder on, “In today’s secular world, millions of people ridicule Jesus as the Messiah, through their evil ways: destructive attacks on the faith and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:18-19, 23-26 While Jesus was speaking, suddenly one of the officials came up, who bowed low in front of him and said, ‘My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and her life will be saved.’ Jesus rose and, with his disciples, followed him. When Jesus…
Lord, keep me focus on You and You alone14th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 10th July 2023Gen. 28:10-22; Ps. 90:1-2,3-4,14-15; Mt. 9:18-26 (Ps. Wk. II) At Bethel, Jacob encountered God in his dream, where he saw a ladder connecting the earth and heaven, with angels ascending and descending upon it. Jacob found it awe-inspiring,…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:25-30 Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Compassionate Love: In today’s Gospel, Jesus assures us that His Compassionate Love will comfort, and give us courage and hope to continue to persevere in our faith. Ponder on, “In times of painful challenges; do we persevere in the Spirit, or do we allow our…
Lord, keep me focus on You and You alone14th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 9th July 2023Zec. 9:9-10; Ps. 144:1-2,8-9,10-11,13-14; Rom. 8:9,11-13; Mt. 11:25-30 (Ps. Wk. II ) In ancient agrarian societies, a yoke, a wooden bar fastened on the neck of an animal, eases the work of pulling loads and ploughing. When two…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Presence – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus explains that when the Messiah is in our midst, we are like the “bridegroom’s attendants”; we do not need to fast and mourn while he is with us. Ponder on, “Do we have Jesus as our Saviour and…
Lord, let nothing distract me from You in my life13th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 8th July 2023Gen. 27:1-5,15-29; Ps. 134:1-2,3-4,5-6; Mt. 9:14-17 (Ps. Wk. I) The first reading from the Book of Genesis describes how Isaac, who is old and blind, wishes to bless his favourite son, Esau. In ancient times, the blessing…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:14-17 John's disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:9-13 As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him. Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and…