DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Miracles of the Loaves and Fish” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus felt deeply sorry for the great hungry crowds. Ponder on, “They had great zeal in listening to Him. Jesus ‘rewarded’ them with the miracle of Compassion. When we live our faith with zeal, Jesus…
Our Lady of Lourdes5th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Saturday 11th February 2023Gen. 3:9-24; Ps. 89:2-6,12-13; Mk. 8:1-10 (Ps. Wk. I) The first reading (Genesis 3:9-24) tellingly reminds us of our fallen nature – the realisation of our own “nakedness” before God and the existential shame we have brought upon ourselves. This shame…
Daily Word Of GodMark 8:1-9a A great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So he called his disciples to him and said to them, ‘I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. If I send them off home hungry…
St Scholastica, Virgin5th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Friday 10th February 2023Gen. 3:1-8; Ps. 31:1-2,5-7; Mk. 7:31-37 (Ps. Wk. I) The first reading from Genesis relates the temptation of the first couple and how they follow the serpent’s wiles instead of obeying God’s command telling them not to eat the fruit of the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus’ Miracles” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, after Jesus healed the deaf man, the crowds exclaimed, “Everything He does is good; He makes the deaf hear, dumb speak. . .” Ponder on, “Jesus’ miracles bring about physical healing. However, they also heal us emotionally and spiritually”;…
Daily Word Of GodMark 7:31-37 Returning from the territory of Tyre, Jesus went by way of Sidon towards the Lake of Galilee, right through the Decapolis territory. And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside…
Daily Word Of GodMark 7:24-30 Jesus left Gennesaret and set out for the territory of Tyre. There he went into a house and did not want anyone to know he was there; but he could not pass unrecognised. At once a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and came and…
Lord, grant me the grace to trust that You will give only what is good for me5th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Thursday 9th February 2023Gen. 2:18-25; Ps. 127:1-5; Mk. 7:24-30 (Ps. Wk. I) The word ‘snowflakes’ describes people who are self-entitled, emotionally fragile, and easily offended. They view the world through their…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus Cure of the Sick Faith: In todays Gospel, Jesus expelled the devil that possessed the Syro-Phoenicians daughter, because the mother pleaded with a deep and humble faith. Ponder on, When we seek Jesus to cure us of our sickness, rid us of our sins…
St Josephine Bakhita, virgin5th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Wednesday 8th February 2023Gen. 2:4-9,15-17; Ps. 103:1-2,27-30; Mk. 7:14-23 (Ps. Wk. I) The passage from the Book of Genesis presents the image of two trees. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolises the limits that God places on humanity for their…