DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Jesus – Resurrection: In today’s Gospel, Jesus promised Mary and Marthathat their brother who has died will rise again, through His divine power. Jesus says, “I am the Resurrection.” Ponder on, “When I am experiencing pain and bereavement, do I have strong faith and trust in Jesus? Fr Philip Heng, S.J.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Insecurities of Evil: In today’s Gospel, the chief priests and Pharisees sent guards to find fault with Jesus in order to arrest Him. However, they in turn were inspired by the wisdom of Jesus. Evil and schemers of destruction of the Truth of Jesus and the Church, will always be insecure. …
Daily Word Of GodJohn 7:40-53 Some of the crowd who had been listening said, ‘Jesus is indeed the prophet,’ and some said, ‘He is the Christ,’ but others said, ‘Would the Christ come from Galilee? Does not scripture say that the Christ must be descended from David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David…
Lord Jesus, Light of the world, enlighten me in those moments of darkness that may come upon me4th Week of Lent : Saturday 28th March 2020Jer. 11:18-20; Ps. 8(7):2-3,9-10,11-12; Jn. 7:40-53 (Ps Wk IV) This week we began the second part of Lent. The opportunity given to us during Lent is to pray more reflectively…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 7:1-2, 10, 25-27, 30 Jesus travelled round Galilee; he could not travel round Judaea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. As the Jewish feast of Shelters drew near, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went up as well, not publicly but secretly. Meanwhile some of the…
Lord, help me to love You and others above all else4th Week of Lent : Friday 27th March 2020Wis. 2:1,12-22; Ps. 34(33):17-18,19-20,21,23; Jn. 7:1-2,10,25-30 (Ps Wk IV) Today’s gospel presents us with a picture of a person under pressure. After an initially favourable reaction on the part of the people of Galilee to his preaching…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Enemies of Jesus: In today’s Gospel, the enemies of Jesus were seeking to kill Him. Today, the Gospel and the Church of Christ also have many enemies. They find ways to discredit and destroy the dignity of the Church, and distort the Truth of the Gospel. Let us pray to be…
Jesus, you are the Son of God4th Week of Lent : Thursday 26th March 2020Ex. 32:7-14; Ps. 106(105):19-20,21-22,23; Jn. 5:31-47 (Ps Wk IV) We gain a direction in life through reason and science, but more often, through the influence and testimony of others through their words, attitudes and personal qualities. We find these people in…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 5:43-47 Jesus said to the Jews: ‘I have come in the name of my Father and you refuse to accept me; if someone else should come in his own name you would accept him. How can you believe, since you look to each other for glory and are not concerned with…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Lack of Faith: In today’s Gospel, the Jews lacked faith in Jesus. They rather believe in other prophets. Likewise, when we profess that we have faith in Jesus, “Do we truly build our lives on His Love, Truth and Providence”? Are we not distracted by the materialistic world, and have turned…