Give thanks for unknown blessings on the way23rd Week in Ordinary Time: Tuesday 10th September 2019Col. 2:6-15; Ps. 145(144):1-2,8-9,10-11; Lk. 6:12-19 (Ps Wk III) Part of St Paul’s purpose in writing his Letters to his early communities was to encourage them to live their Christian lives with that same fervour and commitment which animated them…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Prayer life”: Have we been nurturing our relationship with God in our daily living? Is our prayer life, sincere, deep and open to do God’s Will? Are we willing to love and serve God as He Wills and not conditioned by our own needs? If our…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:12b-19 Jesus went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James…
Lord, help me listen to Your voice and follow You.23rd Week in Ordinary Time: Monday 9th September 2019Col. 1:24-2:3; Ps. 62(61):6-7,9; Lk. 6:6-11 (Ps Wk III) When given a task by God what do we do? We can learn from St Paul what to do in the Colossians’ passage. He said, “I became the servant…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:6-11 On the Sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was present, and his right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure somebody on the Sabbath, hoping to find something to charge him with. But…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Fearless Love”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the man with a withered right-hand on the Sabbath. The scribes and Pharisees were furious and wanted to kill Jesus for breaking the Law. Are we also hypocritical in our love for God and for one another? Pray for…
Blessed Charles Spinola,SJ; Sebastian Kimura,SJ and CompanionsBl Charles Spinola, SJ Born: 1564 Died: September 10, 1622 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Bl Sebastian Kimura , SJ Born: 1565 Died: September 10, 1622 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Charles Spinola was born in Madrid, Spain. His father the Italian Count of Tassarolo, was tutor to Prince…
Lord, help me to offer my life to you as a blank cheque...23rd Week in Ordinary Time: Sunday 8th September 2019Wis. 9:13-18; Ps. 90(89):3-4,5-6,12-13,14,17; Phm. 9b-10,12-17; Lk. 14:25-33 (Ps Wk III) For all our supposed sophistication these days we apparently are not very good at estimating what things will cost. We are so accustomed to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Christ-like Love: The depth of the love we have for others and for God depends on the depth of our commitment and fidelity. The crosses of our faith are the tests of the depth of our Christ-like Love. Jesus willingly embraced His Cross and died out…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 14:25-28, 31, 33 Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. No one who does not carry his cross and come after…