Daily Word Of GodJohn 5:17-21 Jesus said to the Jews, ‘My Father still goes on working, and so do I.’ But that only made the Jews even more intent on killing him, because not content with breaking the Sabbath, he spoke of God as his own Father and so made himself God's equal. To this…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 5:1-3a, 5-9, 16 There was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now at the Sheep Pool in Jerusalem there is a building called Bethzatha in Hebrew, consisting of five porticos; and under these were crowds of sick people, blind, lame, paralysed One man there had an illness which…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 4:45-53 On Jesus’ arrival, the Galileans received him well, having seen all that he had done at Jerusalem during the festival which they too had attended. He went again to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official there whose son was…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 15:11b-17a, 18-19, 20b, 23b-24a Jesus told the Pharisees and scribes this parable, ‘A man who had two sons. The younger said to his father, “Father, let me have the share of the estate that wuld come to me.” So the father divided the property between them. A few days later, the…
The test of genuine faith comes, not in good times, but bad ones4th Week of Lent : Wednesday 30th March 2022Is. 49:8-15; Ps. 144:8-9,13cd-14, 17-18; Jn. 5;17-30 (Ps Wk IV) Some people feel that God is very far from us and is utterly unconcerned about what is going on in our world. They seem to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Mysteries of God: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed His inseparable Divine Union and Love with God His Father. Ponder on, “Like the Jews, the secular world also wants to distort and destroy our relationship with our God of Salvation. Pray for the gift of wisdom to…
Lord Jesus, heal us of our relationships with one another4th Week of Lent : Tuesday 29th March 2022Ez. 47:1-9,12; Ps. 45:2-3,5-6,8-9ab; Jn. 5:1-16 (Ps Wk IV) Water is an image running throughout today’s Scripture passages. Water is essential for life. Water is both mysterious and obvious. From monsoons, to floods, to drought, to gentle rains,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Selfish Care” – Compassion: In today’s Gospel, the paralysed man was not “cured” for thirty-eight years, as no one helped him get into the “pool of Bethzatha”. Ponder on, “To receive God’s Compassionate Love, we must be wholesome and not ‘self-centred’ for our own needs, at the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Doubting God’s Love: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the royal official’s son who was on the brink of death, without having to go to him. Ponder on, “Do we doubt, when we seek God’s Compassionate Love? When we deepen our love for God, we will experience that…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God’s Compassion: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Prodigal Son” to show that God’s Compassionate Love is unconditional, insofar as we repent of our sins. Ponder on, “Is our pride in the way of seeking God’s Forgiving Love? Do we allow God to…