St Henry15th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 13th July 2022Is. 10:5-7,13-16; Ps. 93:5-6,7-8,9-10,14-15; Mt. 11:25-27 (Ps Wk III) Today’s two readings help us see things as they are, as God sees them. In each case, two ways of looking at reality are proposed: an ordinary everyday human way of assessing and analysing things and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:25-27 Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Openness in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus praised and thanked His Father in heaven for “revealing His Truth and Will” to “mere children.” Ponder on, “Jesus is inviting us to live our faith with total openness and trust in God’s Truth and Ways, and with a love…
Lord Jesus, increase my faith and make ime strong to face all the challenges of life.15th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 12th July 2022Is. 7:1-9; Ps. 47:2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6,7-8 Mt. 11:20-24 (Ps Wk III) The Gospel and the first reading both remind us of the transience of this world. Through Isaiah, God reminded David that his…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Miracles – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the towns that asked for miracles, but were not repentant of their sinful living. Ponder on, “Am I seeking God’s blessings and miracles for my many needs, but deep in my heart, I am not willing to change…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:20-24 Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked, because they refused to repent. ‘Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:37-42 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Anyone who prefers father or mother to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me. Anyone…
St Benedict, abbot15th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 11th July 2022Is. 1:10-17; Ps. 49:8-9,16bc-17,21 and 23; Mt. 10:34—11:1 (Ps Wk III) Isaiah’s words today are a potent reminder that our thoughts may not be God’s thoughts or God’s ways. Nowadays, we do not have any basic concept of sacrifice, especially the sacrifice of animals…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Loving God – How Much?”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims clearly and powerfully that we are to love God and live our faith with a single-minded and undivided love. Ponder on, “Do I love God, but only give Him and others, especially those in need, my leftover…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 10:29-34, 36-37 A lawyer was anxious to justify himself and said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of brigands; they took all he had, beat him and then made off, leaving…