DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Excuses in Living the Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Good Samaritan” to remind us not to “give excuses” for not living our faith as Jesus has taught and shown us. Ponder on, “Is our compassionate love as selfless, generous and unconditional…
Who can you be neighbour to?15th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 10th July 2022Deut. 30:10-14; Ps. 68:14 and 17, 30-31,33-34,36ab and 37; (or Ps:18:8,9, 10,11); Col. 1:15-20; Lk. 10:25-37; (Ps Wk III) All the “commandments and statutes written in this book of the Law” may well seem very complicated and unnecessarily burdensome. However, Moses…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Challenges of Living the Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminded His Apostles to live the faith with “wisdom.” There are many enemies of the faith who are finding ways to “persecute and destroy” God’s Truth of Salvation. Ponder on, “Am I willing to make sacrifices and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:28-33 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; fear him rather who can destroy both body and soul in hell. Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground…
SS Augustine Zhao Rong, priest & Comps14th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 9th July 2022Is. 6:1-8; Ps. 92:1ab,1c-2,5; Mt. 10:24-33 (Ps Wk II) Sinfulness – Sanctification – Service: these seemed to be the progression for Isaiah in today’s reading. In his vision, Isaiah saw – “the Lord on a high throne” (v 1) ……
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Challenges of Living the Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminded His Apostles to live the faith with “wisdom.” There are many enemies of the faith who are finding ways to “persecute and destroy” God’s Truth of Salvation. Ponder on, “Am I willing to make sacrifices and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:16-20, 22 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Remember, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as serpents and yet as harmless as doves. ‘Beware of men: they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be dragged before governors…
Holy Spirit Lord, please accompany me and give me strength14th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 8th July 2022Hos. 14:2-10; Ps. 50:3-4,8-9,12-13,14 and 17; Mt. 10:16-23 (Ps Wk II) People turn everywhere, looking for gods and powers to help them. They create gods out of their imaginations. But here, God’s real nature is revealed –…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:7-14 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘As you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils. You received without charge, give without charge. Provide yourselves with no gold or silver, not even with a few…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Disciples of Today”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus instructed His Apostles to proclaim the urgency to live the Gospel, as the “Kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.” Ponder on, “Do we live our faith routinely; e.g. we are habitually late for Mass, we do not prepare…