Lord, help me to remain open and ready to receive the new wine of the Holy Spirit.13th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 4th July 2020Am. 9:11-15; Ps. 84:9,11-12,13-14; Mt. 9:14-17 (Ps Wk I) In today’s Gospel reading, we see how Jesus responded to John the Baptist’s disciples on ‘Fasting’. . For Jesus, fasting is…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:14-17 John's disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Challenges of Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that “New wine is for fresh skins” and not old skins. This is to call us to be open to the new and radical challenges of the Gospel of Christ. If the practice of our faith is old…
"Blessed are those who have not seen me and yet believe” (Jn 20:39). Feast of St Thomas, Apostle : Friday 3rd July 2020Eph. 2:19-22; Ps. 116:1,2; Jn. 20:24-29 (Ps Wk I) We owe a debt of gratitude to St Thomas, for it was in response to him that Jesus made two of his very precious…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Doubt – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Thomas the apostle refused to believe that Jesus has Risen, unless he can see and put his fingers into Jesus’ wounds. However, when Jesus appeared to him, he immediately believed. Like Thomas, “Do we have doubts in our faith, at…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 20:24, 25b-29 Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. Thomas answered, ‘Unless I can see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand…
Lord, help me listen to Your voice13th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 2nd July 2020Am. 7:10-17; Ps. 18:8,9,10,11; Mt. 9:1-8 (Ps Wk I) The scripture passages today describe tensed situations resulting from two opposing parties, both claiming to speak on behalf of God. There are those who make this claim based on their official…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:1-8 Jesus got in the boat, crossed the water and came to his home town. And suddenly some people brought him a paralytic stretched out on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Take comfort, my child, your sins are forgiven.’ And now some scribes said to themselves,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Paralytic – Unbelief: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the paralytic to prove to the crowd that He is the Son of God, and has the authority to forgive sins. However, the crowd condemned Jesus for blasphemy. Do we also “condemn” Jesus through our lack of faith…
Lord, help me to work for a better world13th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 1st July 2020Am 5:14-15, 21-24; Ps. 49:7,8-9,10-11, 12-13,16-17; Mt 8:28-34 (Ps Wk I) God was absolutely clear: He was not interested in sacrifices, liturgies, festivals — in short, anything we would consider religious practices. God knew all too well that…