Daily Word Of GodMark 12:28b-34a One of the scribes came up to Jesus put a question to him, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one, only Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Authentic Love: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that the greatest commandment is to love God totally and wholeheartedly, and love our neighbour as ourselves, as an inseparable condition. Loving God without loving our neighbour is not the Gospel that Jesus proclaimed. Loving neighbour without loving God…
Lord, make me know Your ways.9th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 4th June 20202 Tim. 2:8-15; Ps. 25(24):4-5,8-9,10,14; Mk. 12:28-34 (Ps Wk I) Not all the Pharisees and Scribes were hostile to Jesus. Here today we have a scribe who approaches Jesus with a hostile motive. He comes to ask a question which was…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:18-20, 22-25 Some Sadducees - who deny that there is a resurrection - came to Jesus and they put this question to him, ‘Master, Moses prescribed for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for…
Ss Charles Lwanga & Companions, martyrs9th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 3rd June 20202 Tim 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps. 123(122) 1-2, 2 Mk 12:18-27 (Ps Wk I) Probably not many readers of SHALOM here in Asia have any devotion to Saint Charles Lwanga and his Companions or even any knowledge about them. Yet there are…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Heaven – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the Sadducees, did not believe in the Resurrection, questioned Jesus using the reality of human existence. When we do not have the gift of faith, we would challenge the Gospel and the Church’s Teachings sceptically. We are called to seek…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:13-17 The chief priests and the scribes and the elders sent to Jesus some Pharisees and some Herodians to catch him out in what he said. These came and said to him, `Master, we know that you are an honest man, that you are not afraid of anyone, because human rank…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Hypocrisy: In today’s Gospel, the chief priests, scribes and elders, through their hypocrisy of praising Jesus, were in fact trying to trap Him. Truth brings us peace and sows unity in relationships, and builds our integrity with God. Hypocrisy, is a deceit that eventually divides and…
Ss Marcellinus & Peter, martyrs9th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 2nd June 20202 Pt. 3:11-15A, 17-18; Ps. 90(89):2, 3-4, 10, 14,16; Mk. 12:13-17 (Ps Wk I) The Pharisees and Herodians came to “catch” Jesus, to get him to deny either one’s obedience to God or to the emperor. Instead, Jesus catches them by surprise.…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 19:25-27 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.' Then to the disciple he said, 'This…