DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Discipleship – Commitment: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims the radical Truth that to be His disciple, we are to have a total commitment in our love for Him. Ponder on, “Do we compromise and justify our choices that often mirror a reluctance to make the needed…
Lord, may You always be first in my life23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 4th September 2022Wis. 9:13-18; Ps. 89:3-4,5-6,12-13,14 and 17; Phm. 9b-10,12-17; Lk. 14:25-33 (Ps Wk III) The Book of Wisdom does not have a high opinion of human reasoning. It usually gets us into trouble, creates problems, and divides people. Even…
St Gregory the Great, Pope and doctor22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 3rd September 20221 Cor. 4:6b-15; Ps. 144:17-18,19-20,21; Lk. 6:1-5 (Ps Wk II) The Mosaic Law demands the Jews to keep the Sabbath holy by not working on this day. Simple tasks, like tying or untying a knot, sowing seeds or threshing, could…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:1-5 One Sabbath Jesus happened to be taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath day?’ Jesus answered them, ‘So you…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – Lord of our lives: In today’s Gospel, Jesus challenged the Pharisees to recognise the Truth of His Presence as the Messiah; which brings us Joy and Hope, and not gloom and doom. Ponder on, “Do we allow the Peace, Joy and Hope of Jesus…
The salvation of the just comes from the Lord22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 2nd September 20221 Cor. 4:1-5; Ps. 36:3-4,5-6,27-28,39-40; Lk. 5:33-39 (Ps Wk II) We continue our walk with St Luke’s account of Jesus from Chapter 4 to Chapter 5. The nascent beginning of His ministry in Galilee continues with His calling…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Good News of Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims the “new wine and new skins” of the Good News that offers Eternal Salvation”. Ponder on, “If we strongly believe in Jesus’ Good News, then our lives should be one of: joy and hope, as Jesus never…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:33-38 The Pharisees and the scribes said to Jesus, ‘John's disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees, too, but yours go on eating and drinking.’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely you cannot make the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them? But the time…
Lord, grant me Your wisdom22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 1st September 20221 Cor. 3:18-23; Ps. 23:1-2,3-4ab,5-6; Lk. 5:1-11 (Ps Wk II) There are two kinds of wisdom. Human wisdom is a collection of facts, information, misinformation, and opinion. It has created the dark and scary world in which we live, for it is…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:4b-11 Jesus said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ ‘Master’, Simon replied, ‘we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done this they netted such a…