St Vincent, deacon and martyr2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 22nd January 20222 Sam. 1:1-4,11-12,19,23-27; Ps. 79:2-3,5-7; Mk. 3:20-21 (Ps Wk II) On hearing about the death of Saul, and his son, Jonathan, David rents his clothes and mourns, and weeps throughout the day. In his lamentation, David uses the word “heroes”, which…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Challenges: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ own relatives misunderstood His passionate desire to fulfil His Father’s Mission of Salvation for all peoples. Ponder on the times when you lived the Gospel with compassion, care and love, but was misunderstood and rejected by others. How did you…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:20-21 Jesus went home, and such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal. When his relatives heard of this, they set out to take charge of him; convinced he was out of his mind. Today's Pointers on God's WordAs you read the passage what words, phases or…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Chosen “Twelve” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, even as Jesus Himself chose His Twelve apostles , one of them betrayed Him. Ponder on, “Even as God chooses and empowers us as His representatives, He works through our freedom. Do we misuse our freedom and take our…
St Agnes, virgin & Martyr2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 21st January 20221 Sam. 24:3-21; Ps. 56:2,3-4,6,11; Mk. 3:13-19 (Ps Wk II) In 1 Samuel, King Saul is seen in hot pursuit of his son-in-law, David. The king had “three thousand men chosen from the whole of Israel” (v 3). And of all…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:13-19 Jesus went up onto the hills and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to preach, with power to cast out devils. And so he appointed the Twelve, Simon to whom he gave…
St Sebastian martyr2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 20th January 20221 Sam. 18:6-9; 19:1-7; Ps. 55:2-3,9-11; 12-13; Mk. 3:7-12 (Ps Wk II) These days, in the first readings at Mass, we hear episodes from the life of the most famous king of Israel, David, Jesus’ great ancestor. Yesterday’s reading was about how David…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:7-12 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and Transjordan and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had heard of all he was doing came to him. And he asked his disciples…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Clamour for Jesus: In today’s Gospel, great crowds of Jews were clamouring for Jesus to cure, expel demons and proclaim the Good News of Salvation. Ponder on, “When we are with believers who ‘clamour’ for Jesus, do we experience a renewal of our faith, hope and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Piety and Compassion: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that God’s Laws that offer Eternal Salvation, must be obeyed and lived through the Gospel values of Compassion, Mercy and Love for God and our neighbours. Otherwise, we make a mockery of God’s Laws that are meant to…