Lord, help me to never give up calling out to YOU!30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 24th October 2021Jer. 31:7-9; Ps. 125:1-3,4-5,6; Heb. 5:1-6; Mk. 10:46-52 (Ps Wk II) Most of Jeremiah’s prophecies were gloomy and grim. He warned the people unless they repented, they would be conquered and driven into exile. And…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Blindness” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Bartimeus the blind man, pleaded with Jesus, “Rabunni, let me see again.” Jesus responded and cured him, “Go, your faith has saved you.” Ponder on, “To suffer from physical blindness is tragic. But, to suffer spiritual blindness of not loving…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 13:6-9 Jesus told this parable, ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to the man who looked after the vineyard, “Look here, for three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on…
Seek God...seek the face of God!29th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 23rd October 2021Rom. 8:1-11; Ps. 23:1-2,3-4,5-6; Lk. 13:1-9 (Ps Wk I) According to scholars, the context of Psalm 24 is that of the occasion when the Ark was brought up to Mt Zion, and into the temple in Jerusalem. Thus, the psalmist…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God’s Expectations: In today’s Gospel of the “fig tree”, Jesus emphasises that when God gives us abundant blessings and gifts, especially the gift of the faith of Eternal Salvation, we are meant to use them for the greater good of all peoples, and for God’s Greater…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:54-59 Jesus said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rain is coming, and so it does. And when the wind is from the south you say it's going to be hot, and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to…
St John Paul II, Pope29th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 22nd October 2021Rom. 7:18-26a; Ps. 118:66,68,76,77,93,94; Lk. 12:54-59 (Ps Wk I) Many of us at one time or another have felt like Paul did. We are divided and conflicted in ourselves. We want to avoid negative things, and yet we do them. We…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Priorities – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was enraged at the crowds as they knew how to use their intelligence and ingenuity to live well; for their material gains and needs, but do not use them to discern their need to live a more God-centred life. …
Lord, help me be committed to You without counting the cost29th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 21st October 2021Rom. 6:19-23; Ps. 1:1-2,3,4,6; Lk. 12:49-53 (Ps Wk I) Paul appeals to the human experience of being enslaved to sin as a means of showing its futility. The acknowledgement that this kind of life leads…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Single-minded Commitment: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples that God our Father expects His disciples and all of us to have a single-minded commitment in the living of our faith. Nothing in this world: people, possessions, popularity, power should draw us away from the…