DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Rejection of the Messiah”: In today’s world, the “Messiah” continues to be rejected, persecuted and disfigured. Likewise, ponder on, “The great sadness of the “darkness” of secular power, atheistic ideologies and morality that promote “self-centred glory and gratification?” All these “destroy lives, families and obstruct the faith…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:16-19 Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘What comparison can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place: We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't be mourners. ‘For John came, neither…
St John Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin2nd Week of Advent (A) : Friday 9th December 2022Is. 48:17-19; Ps. 1:1-4,6; Mt. 1 1:16-19 (Ps.Wk. II) When Jesus spoke in today’s Gospel reading, John the Baptist had already appeared as “a voice of one that cries in the desert” (Mt 3:1, 3). His call to repentance; and his ascetic lifestyle…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith – “Obstinacy, Blindness”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was deeply saddened by the crowd whose hearts were hardened and whose eyes were blind to the Truth of Salvation. Ponder on, “Do we at times also ‘prefer’ to live a superficial life of the secular world; in…
Mother Mary, pray for usIMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY : Thursday 8th December 2022Gen. 3:9-15,20; Ps. 97:1,2-4; Eph. 1:3-6,1 1-12; Lk. 1:26-38 (Psalter Proper) After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they became aware of their own nakedness and felt shame. They hid from God, as He called out, ‘Where are you?’ This drama…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:28-30 The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Immaculate Conception of Mary: Today’s Gospel proclaims one of God’s greatest Mystery-Event of choosing a human person to become the Mother of the Son of God; Jesus the Messiah. Ponder on, “Let us ask for God’s grace of humility to allow this Truth to transform our hearts,…
St. Ambrose, bishop & doctor2nd Week of Advent (A) : Wednesday 7th December 2022Is 40:25-31; Ps 102:1-4,8,10; Mt 1 1:28-30 (Ps. Wk. II) Many of us spend a big part of our lives waiting for medical test results or for our prayers to be answered. Why is waiting so hard, and why do we struggle…
St Nicholas, bishop2nd Week of Advent (A) : Tuesday 6th December 2022Is. 40:1-1 1; Ps. 95:1-3,10-13; Mt. 18:12-14 (Ps. Wk. II) The passage from the Book of Isaiah expresses the sentiments of the prophet who proclaims the release of the Israelites from exile in Babylon. According to historical records, Cyrus, king of Persia, signed the…
Lord, we pray that the peace You promised will prevail in our world today2nd Week of Advent (A) : Monday 5th December 2022Is. 35:1 -10; Ps. 84:9-14; Lk. 5:17-26 (Ps. Wk. II) Today’s Gospel passage gives an account of the First Conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees and teachers of the Law. It is about…