“Today salvation has come to this house” (Lk. 19:9)33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 16th November 20212 Mac. 6:18-31; Ps. 3:2-3,4-5,6-7; Lk. 19:1-10 (Ps. Wk. I) The story of Zacchaeus can serve as a parable of hope. His action of climbing the sycamore tree was, it seems, merely motivated by curiosity in wanting…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sacred Space” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was furious at the money changers who were cheating in the sacred space of the Temple. The Church where we gather as a community of believers is consecrated for the worship of God, and Jesus is Physically Present…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 2:13-22 Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered…
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 9th November 2021Ex. 47:1-2,8-9,12 or 1 Cor. 8;9-11,16-17; Ps. 45:2-3,5-6,8-9; Jn. 2:13-22 (Ps. Wk. IV) We are God’s people. Our stronghold is God, who is our refuge and strength. Ezekiel imagined God’s Temple as the source of a life-giving river. The river…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Forgiveness” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds His disciples always to forgive those who have wronged us. Jesus added that even if our faith is the “size of a mustard seed,” God will never fail to give us the strength and wisdom to live His…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:1-6 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Obstacles are sure to come, but alas for the one who provides them! It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone round the neck than that he should lead astray a single one of these little ones. Watch …
Lord, increase my faith and fill me with Your wisdom32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 8th November 2021Wis.1:1-7; Ps. 138:1-3,4-6,7-8,9-10; Lk. 17:1-6 (Ps. Wk. IV) Whether it is due to financial dishonesty, sexual abuse or some other wrongdoing, the scandal has hurt the Church deeply. Jesus knew that scandal could harm people and…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:41-44 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, ‘I…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Generosity” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed through the Parable of the “Widow’s Mite” that true “generosity” is measured by the extent to which one is willing to share, in proportion to the total wealth one possesses. Ponder on, “How grateful are we to God and…
Lord, help me to be Your living witnesses wherever I am32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 7th November 20211 Kgs. 17:10-16; Ps. 145:6-7,8-10; Heb. 9:24-28; Mk. 12:38-44 (or 41-44) (Ps. Wk. IV) We are challenged by what Jesus said in today’s Gospel reading: “The wealthy gave out of their abundance. The widow put…