DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Hypocrisy – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the Pharisees and scribes for the hypocrisy in the practice of their religion. A hypocritical practice of faith is to show others that we love God, while the opposite is true in the living of our lives. Ponder…
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will be called the children of God!21st Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 25th August 20202 Thess. 2:1-3,14-17; Ps. 95:1-,11-13; Mt. 23:23-26 (Ps Wk I) Jesus continues his attacks on the Pharisees and Scribes. We should see this as a criticism of the legalistic mind. Not all…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 23:23-26 Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay your tithe of mint and dill and cummin and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law - justice, mercy, good faith! These you should have practised, those not neglected. You blind guides, straining out gnats and swallowing…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 1:45-51 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?’ Philip replied, ‘Come and see.’ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming…
Lord, open my heart and mind to Your presenceFeast of St Bartholomew, Apostle : Monday 24th August 2020Rev. 21:9-14; Ps. 144:10-11,12-13,17-18; Jn. 1:45-51 (Ps Wk I) The beautiful image of the heavenly Jerusalem is not a place. It is meant to describe that time when we will be in God’s presence forever. The beauty of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Integrity – Humility: In today’s Gospel, Jesus praised Nathanael for his integrity in expressing what he thinks about “Nazareth”. To have integrity, like Nathanael, we also need the humility of openness to the divine Truth that Jesus reveals. Ponder on, “Do I have integrity and humility…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Church – Truth: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to His disciples, “You are Peter and on this rock I will build My Church, I give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven . . .” Jesus assures us that the Truth of the Gospel of…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 16:13-20 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you…
Lord, help me to be silent... to listen. Lord, teach me Your ways21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) : 23rd August 2020Is. 22:19-23; Ps. 137:1-3,6,8; Rom. 11:33-36; Mt. 16:13-20 (Ps Wk I) It is easy to be discouraged or cynical in the face of corruption and abuse of power. Isaiah insisted that God was about…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 1:26b-27a, 28-32, 34-35, 38 The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is with you.’ Mary was deeply disturbed by these…