Lord, lead and guide us safely to our heavenly home.15th Week in Ordinary Time: Saturday 20th July 2019Ex. 12:37-42; Ps. 136(135):1,10,11,12,13,14,15,23,24; Mt. 12:14-21 (Ps Wk III) We commonly speak of the Jews wandering for forty years in the desert before reaching the Promised Land. There is some truth in this description since the people did…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 12:14-21 The Pharisees went out and began to plot against Jesus, discussing how to destroy him. Jesus knew this and withdrew from the district. Many followed him and he cured them all but warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 12:1-4, 6-8 Jesus took a walk through the cornfields one Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry and began to pick ears of corn and eat them. The Pharisees noticed it and said to him, ‘Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath.’ But he said to them,…
Lord, make our hearts like unto Yours15th Week in Ordinary Time: Friday 19th July 2019Ex. 11:10-12:14; Ps. 116(115):12-13,15,16,17-18; Mt. 12:1-8 (Ps Wk III) The value system of the Pharisees is strongly contrasted against the spirit of the Law as taught by Jesus. Jesus firmly reiterates that there is no law (Sabbath law, temple law, sacrificial…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Mercy not Sacrifice”: The Pharisees, obeyed the ritualistic Laws of the Sabbath rigidly, but were unmerciful to others. In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the Pharisee and proclaimed, “Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice.” Ponder on your life, “Do I worship God on Sundays and be…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Burdens of Life: In today’s Gospel, Jesus says, “Come to Me, all you who labour and are overburdened, My yoke is easy and My burden light.” Being our Saviour and Lord, Jesus, in His gentle and compassionate ways will save us from our sinful ways and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:28-30 Jesus exclaimed: ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’…
Lord, refresh my soul and give me strength.15th Week in Ordinary Time: Thursday 18th July 2019Ex. 3:13-20; Ps. 105(104):1,5,8-9,24-25,26-27; Mt. 11:28-30 (Ps Wk III) The call of Moses came in the midst of his ordinary life, as it does for most of us. The voice from the burning bush refused to be named or labelled.…
My soul give thanks to the Lord and never forget all his blessings!15th Week in Ordinary Time: Wednesday 17th July 2019Ex.3:1-6,9-12; Ps. 103(102):1-2,3-4,6-7; Mt. 11:25-27 (Ps Wk III) In today’s Gospel of Matthew Jesus has just commented on the general population as being like unresponsive children who want neither to play weddings nor funerals. (Like…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:25-27 Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no…