Lord, help me reach out to all and build a more caring world13th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 7th July 2023Gen. 23:1-4,19; 24:1-8,62-67; Ps. 105:1-2,3-4a,4b-5; Mt. 9:9-13 (Ps. Wk. I) Following the custom of the times, Abraham has to arrange for Isaac, his son, to marry. Therefore, he entrusts the task of finding a…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Calling – Discipleship: In today’s Gospel, Jesus called Matthew, a tax collector; a public sinner; to be His disciple. Ponder on, “Is Jesus calling you personally to serve His people, and draw them closer to the Good News of Salvation, even though, we are unworthy,…
St Maria Goretti, virgin & martyr, pray for us13th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 6th July 2023Gen. 22:1-19; Ps. 114:1-2,3-4,5-6,8-9; Mt. 9:1-8 (Ps. Wk. I ) “Take your son, your only child Isaac, whom you love, and … offer him as a burnt offering [total sacrifice, completely burnt] …” (Gen 22:2) - Isaac was…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:1-8 Jesus got in the boat, crossed the water and came to his home town. And suddenly some people brought him a paralytic stretched out on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Take comfort, my child, your sins are forgiven.’ And now some scribes said to themselves,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Faith in Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured and forgave the sins of the paralytic. However, the crowds doubted Jesus’ divine authority to forgive sins. Ponder on, “There is infinite evidence that God is the Creator. And, He has also worked many miracles in our lives. …
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith in Jesus: In today’s Gospel, the legion of demons was fearful and powerless in the face of Jesus, for they knew He was the Son of God. Even as Jesus expelled the demons with His divine power, the townspeople, begged Him to leave, instead of…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 8:28-34 When Jesus reached the territory of the Gadarenes on the other side, two demoniacs came towards him out of the tombs - they were so dangerously violent that nobody could use that path. Suddenly they shouted, ‘What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to…
St Anthony Zaccaria, priest, pray for us13th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 5th July 2023Gen. 21:5,8-20; Ps. 33:7-8,10-11,12-13; Mt. 8:28-34 (Ps. Wk. I) Now that Sarah had a son of her own, she wanted nothing to do with Hagar and Ishmael. Jealousy had taken hold of her heart, they had to go. She insisted…
St Elizabeth of Portugal, pray for us13th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 4th July 2023Gen. 19:15-29; Ps. 25:2-3,9-10,11-12; Mt. 8:23-27 (Ps. Wk. I) No matter how many times we read about the calming of the storm, one thing that must strike us each time is this: how unusually terrifying the storm must have been…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:37-42 Jesus got into the boat followed by his disciples. Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep. So they went to him and woke him saying, ‘Save us, Lord, we are lost!’ And he said to…