DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Christ the King: Jesus is indeed the King of all kings for all of humanity. He is the divine Son of God, who is the Lord and Saviour of all peoples. Let us pray for a deeper renewal of our faith in Jesus, so that our…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 23:35-40a, 42-43 The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, ‘He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar,…
Blessed Miguel Pro, SJBorn : January 13, 1891 Died : November 23, 1927 Beatified :September 25, 1988 Miguel Pro was born in Guadalupe de Zacatecas, Mexico, and the son of a mining engineer. At fifteen he went to work in his father’s office in the Division of Mines until he was twenty. He was so…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 20:27-29, 31b, 33a, 34-38 Some Sadducees - those who argue that there is no resurrection - approached Jesus and they put this question to him, ‘Master, Moses prescribed for us, if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother.’ Well…
St Clement I, pope & martyr33rd Week in Ordinary Time :Saturday 23rd November 20191 Mac. 6:1-13; Ps. 9:2-3,4,6,16,19; Lk. 20:27-40 (Ps Wk I) The Jews were so upset with the desecration of the Temple that they gained the strength to retake Jerusalem and to tear down what King Antiochus had erected on the altar. They…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Heaven” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, some Sadducees, tried to understand “heaven” from the human marriage point of view. Jesus explained that “eternal life” is a spiritual existence, like the angels. Ask God for the grace to value this gift of eternal life, and the wisdom…
Do we show reverence in the Church where we gather for the Eucharistic celebrations and other prayer services? 33rd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 22nd November 20191 Mac 4:36-37,52-59; (R. Ps.) 1 Chr. 29:10,11,12; Lk. 19:45-48 (Ps Wk I) In the Gospel account on the Cleansing of the Temple, it is meant to re-iterate…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 19:45-48 Jesus went into the Temple and began driving out those who were busy trading, saying to them, ‘According to scripture, my house shall be a house of prayer but you have turned it into a bandits' den.’ He taught in the Temple every day. The chief priests and the scribes,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Truth of the Gospel: In today’s Gospel, Jesus expelled the money changers from the Temple; a house of prayer and worship, as they were desecrating the sacred place by their cheating. Do we “desecrate” our bodies and soul, Temples of the Holy Spirit, through immoral, unethical…
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary33rd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 21st November 2019Zec. 2:14-17; (R. Ps). Lk. 1:46-47,48-49,50-51, 52-53,54-55; Mt. 12:46-50 (Ps Wk I) Today, the Church commemorates the presentation of Mary at the Temple by her parents, Anna and Joachim. Although the feast has no basis in the scriptures, it has a…