Lord, help us always to be ready for you1st Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 11th January 2021Herb. 1:1-6; Ps. 96:1,2,6,7,9; Mk. 1:14-20 (Ps Wk I) According to the Church’s liturgical calendar, today the Ordinary Time of the Year begins. The word ‘ordinary’ gives the impression that nothing ‘extraordinary’ will take place as far as…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God’s Call – Disciples: In today’s Gospel, the apostles Peter, Andrew, James and John were called and they left their fishing nets and followed Jesus. Jesus’ Spirit is calling us daily to live the vocation of our faith as His disciples, with greater gratitude, courage and…
Daily Word Of GodMark 1:7-11 In the course of his preaching John said, ‘After me is coming someone who is more powerful than me, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals. I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.’ …
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Christ-Centred Living: Today’s Gospel episode captures the Baptism of Jesus as the Lord and Saviour of the world. Our greatest gift is the divine gift of faith in the Good News of Salvation. The deepest way to live our lives is to be Christ-centred in all…
Lord, may all my words and deeds be expressions of love for youBaptism of the Lord (B) : Sunday 10th January 2021Is. 55:1-11; Ps. 12:2-3,4,5-6; 1 Jn. 5:1-9; Mk. 1:7-11 (Psalter proper) Many people act as if God is stingy with his gifts and that we have to earn and pay for whatever we receive.…
Lord, help me to be open to Your WillSaturday after Epiphany : 9th January 20211Jn 5:14-21; Ps. 149:1-2,3-4,5-6,9; Jn. 3:22-30 (Ps Wk II) In our Monday reflection, we saw that Saint John encourages us four times to have confidence: twice he speaks about confidence when facing God’s judgement (2:28; 4:17) and twice concerning confidence in…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 3:22-23, 26-30 Jesus went with his disciples into the Judaean countryside and stayed with them there and baptised. John also was baptising at Aenon near Salim, where there was plenty of water, and people were going there and were being baptised. They went to John and said, ‘Rabbi, the man who…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Sin – Faith: In today’s Gospel, John the Baptist continued to proclaim that Jesus is the Messiah who must “grow greater” and he “lesser.” The Truth of Christ will set us free from our sins of envy, pride and greed for glory, so that we can…
Lord, to whom shall we go, You are the words of eternal life?Friday after Epiphany : 8th January 20211 Jn 5:5-13; Ps. 147:12-13,14-15,19-20; Lk. 5:12-16 (Ps Wk II) At the end of today’s first reading John assured his readers that, because of their belief in the name of the Son of God, they had eternal…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – Healing: In today’s Gospel, Jesus heeded the pleadings of the man with skin disease and cured him. When we have illnesses, including emotional traumas and the darkness of sin, we should likewise plead to Jesus to free us from them. He never fails if,…