6th Week of Easter: Wednesday6th Week of Easter: Wednesday, 29th May 2019Acts 17:15,22-18:1; Ps. 149(148):1-2,11-12,13,14; Jn. 16:12-15 (Morning Mass) (Ps Wk II) Paul gained the attention of the Athenians by pointing out their statue to an unknown god — something familiar to his audience. Paul was able to use this as a stepping-off point to…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 16:12-15 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now. However, when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking of his own accord,…
6th Week of Easter: Tuesday6th Week of Easter: Tuesday, 28th May 2019Acts 16:22-34; Ps. 138(137):1-3,7-8; John. 16:5-11 (Ps Wk II) Rarely can the Word of God have intervened so dramatically in a human life than in the life of St Paul. He was knocked off his horse and temporarily blinded by something like a bolt…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Holy Spirit – Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Jesus assures His disciples, “The Spirit of Truth will glorify Me” and My Father. Jesus speaks these Words to us not only during Mass, but also through our private contemplation on the Bible. Pray for the gift of sensing…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 16:5-11 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Now I am going to the one who sent me. Not one of you asks, “Where are you going?” Yet you are sad at heart because I have told you this. Still, I am telling you the truth: it is for your own good that…
6th Week of Easter: Monday6th Week of Easter: Monday, 27th May 2019Acts 16:11-15; Ps. 150(149):1-2,3-4,5-6,9; John. 15:26-16:4 (Ps Wk II) The Holy Spirit is God’s Easter gift to us. The Spirit reminds us we are but the Breath of God from the moment of our Creation (Gen. 2:7). Rowan Williams says the Church is not…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 15:26-16:4a Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When the Paraclete comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who issues from the Father, he will be my witness. And you too will be witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning. ‘I have told…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Challenges of the Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cautions His disciples that they will be persecuted by enemies of the Gospel. This is because they do not know Him and His Father.” Ponder on, “Do I know Jesus personally and love Him sincerely?” If so, we…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 14:23-27 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him. Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Keeping Jesus’ Word”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus says to His disciples, “Anyone who loves Me will keep My Word, and My Father will love him, and we shall make a home in him.” To be faithful to this Truth of Jesus, pray for the grace to…