Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:12b-19 Jesus went onto the hills to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Divine Power: In today’s Gospel, Jesus discerned and chose His apostles. He cured people with all kinds of diseases and those possessed by unclean spirits. Ponder on, “Jesus’ divinity is used very specially to heal us and more importantly, to help us deepen our love…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Blindness” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the scribes and Pharisees were furious that Jesus had cured a man with withered hand on the Sabbath. Ponder on, “Do we also have prejudices against people we dislike and are angry at what they do and say, and how…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:6-11 On the sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure a man on the sabbath, hoping to find something to use against him. But…
Lord, grant me the grace to be conscious of all temptations which draw me away from You23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 5th September 20221 Cor. 5:1-8; Ps. 5:5-6,7,12; Lk. 6:6-11 (Ps Wk III) Today’s Gospel reading is on the importance of obedience to God’s Will and doing good instead of being tied down…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 14:25-28, 31, 33 Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me…
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…