Happy is the person who hope in the LordThursday after Ash Wednesday : 27th February 2020Deut. 30:15-20; Ps. 1:1-2,3,4,6; Lk. 9:22-25 (Ps Wk IV) Whenever we hear about “mysticism” or “mystical experience”, we inevitably think of it as a rare grace, reserved to great saints and far beyond the expectations of us ordinary Catholics. Yet…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Almsgiving, Prayer, Fasting: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminded His disciples that while almsgiving, prayer and fasting are all good, we are to do them with sincerity, and not for self-glory. Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent. Let pray for a renewal of our faith, and…
Lord, help me start my Lenten journey, walking closely with youASH WEDNESDAY : Wednesday 26th February 2020Joel. 2:12-18; Ps. 51(50):3-4,5-6,12-13,14,17; 2 Cor. 5:20-6:2; Mt. 6:1-6,16-18 (Ps Wk IV) Today we begin our Lenten journey. It is a time of preparation for the celebration of Holy Week and Easter. To prepare ourselves, we can increase our…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 6:4-6, 17-18 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners…
Daily Word Of GodMark 9:33-37 Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the road?’ They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of them was the greatest. So he sat down, called the Twelve to…
Lord, deepen my faith and help my unbelief7th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 25th February 2020Jm. 4:1-10; Ps. 55(54):7-8,9-11,12; Mk. 9:30-37 (Ps Wk III) In the first reading, Apostle James states that conflicts often arise as a result of selfish ‘desires’ and ambitions. Such desires may lead us to other vices, such as covetousness,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Humility – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminded His disciples, “If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.” Humility is a virtue, that serves God selflessly, regardless of the pain and persecution we encounter, in living the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith – Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Jesus expelled the demon from the boy who was possessed. The apostles were helpless in expelling the demon. Jesus asserts, “Everything is possible for one who has faith.” Do you have a strong faith in Jesus? If you do, what…
Daily Word Of GodMark 9:17-24 A man from the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Master, I have brought my son to you; there is a spirit of dumbness in him, and when it takes hold of him it throws him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and goes rigid.…
Lord, deepen my faith and help my unbelief7th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 24th February 2020Jm. 3:13-18; Ps. 19(18):8,9,10,15; Mk. 9:14-29 (Ps Wk III) James wrote about true wisdom. The evidence of wisdom was shown by the way the people lived. Good works were to be done with gentleness. Genuine wisdom would be the…