Daily Word Of GodMatthew 4:18-22 As Jesus was walking by the Lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast into the lake with their net, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Come after me and I will make you…
Venerable Bernard Francis de Hoyos, SJBorn: August 21, 1711 Died: November 29, 1735 Bernard was born in Torrelobaton, near Valladolid, Spain. He attended the Jesuit school in Medina del Campo in 1721 and a year later entered their school at Villagarcia. As the Jesuit novitiate was next door, he applied for admission after obtaining his…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 21:29-33 Jesus told his disciples a parable, ‘Look at the fig tree and indeed every tree. As soon as you see them bud, you can see for yourselves that summer is now near. So with you when you see these things happening: know that the kingdom of God is near. ‘In…
Lord, help me to be faithful to your teachings34th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 29th November 2019Dan. 7:2-14; (R. Ps.) Dan. 3:75,76,77,78,79,80,81; Lk. 21:29-33 (Ps Wk II) Did God actually order such violence against the dwellers in the land? We would hope not! This is not how we look at God today, but the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith – Fidelity: When there is sincere and deep love for someone, e.g. our family member, we would naturally want to deepen our relationship with that person. We would also happily make the needed sacrifices and share generously what we have with him/her. Likewise, ponder on,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith – Vigilance: We are tempted to drift in our faith and push God to the background of our lives when things are going well. Some of us seem to need a “crisis” to wake us up to the reality that our lives are dependent on…
Enter into your own place to pray in secret and your Father who sees in secret will reward you (Mt 6:6).34th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 28th November 2019Dan. 6:12-28; (R. Ps) Dan:3:68,69,70,71,72,73,74; Lk. 21:20-28 (Ps Wk II) The Book of Daniel is rather puzzling and difficult to understand. Hence it is quite difficult…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 21:24-28 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Great misery will descend on the land and retribution on this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive to every gentile country; and Jerusalem will be trampled down by the gentiles until their time is complete. ‘There will…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 21:12-19 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name - and that will be your opportunity to bear witness. Make up your minds not to…
The Lord’s presence is always within us34th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 27th November 2019Dan. 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28; (R. Ps.) Dan. 3:62,63,64,65,66,67; Lk. 21:12-19 (Ps Wk II) The apocalyptic literature from which our readings are drawn at the end of the Church’s year — whether from the Hebrew Scriptures or from the New Testament itself —…