SS Lawrence Ruiz & Comps. martyrs26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 28th September 2022Job. 9: 1-12,14-16; Ps. 87:10bc-11,12-13, 14-15; Lk. 9:57-62 (Ps Wk II) God’s immense authority and power portrayed in Job’s understanding of his creator are tinged with a sense of man’s helplessness and dependence. This authority is again reflected in Jesus’…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Following Jesus – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus met three men who wanted to follow Him as His disciples. Nevertheless, they had other priorities of needs and concerns that they had to attend to. Ponder on, “Is God our highest priority and the deepest longings of…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 9:51-56 As the time drew near for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because he…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Freedom – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus turned away from a Samaritan town that rejected them. Ponder on, “God gives everyone the freedom to accept His Gospel of Salvation. Do we value the gift of faith and live as faithfully as we can so as to…
St Vincent de Paul, priest26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 27th September 2022Job. 3:1-3,11-17,20-23; Ps. 87:2-3,4-5,6,7-8; Lk. 9:51-56 (Ps Wk II) Job cursed the day he was born and wished that he could die. Many people have felt that way at one time or another, and sometimes it completely overwhelms an individual. Life…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 9:46-50 An argument started between the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child and set him by his side and then said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me;…
St Paul VI, Pope; SS Cosmas and Damian, martyrs 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 26th September 2022Job. 1:6-22; Ps. 16:1,2-3,6-7; Lk. 9:46-50 (Ps Wk II) I always admired Job in his encounters with misfortune, especially when they struck him one after another; he still uttered his total trust in God, “The Lord…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Inclusive Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus prohibited the disciples from preventing anyone from doing God’s work, like curing the sick and driving out devils in God’s Name. He said, “Anyone who is not against us is for us.” Ponder on, “Do we promote unity or do…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Spiritual Blindness” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus used the Parable of the “Rich man and Lazarus,” to remind the Pharisees of their “spiritual blindness” to the Gospel Truth that offers Eternal Salvation. Ponder on, “How important is God to me in my daily living? Do…
World Day of Migrants & Refugees26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 25th September 2022Am. 6:1a,4-7; Ps. 145:6c-7,8-9a,9bc-10; 1 Tim. 6:11-16; Lk. 16:19-31 (Ps Wk II) Today the readings invite us to step back and look at the bigger picture: “Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called” (1 Tim. 6:12).…