DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God’s Mercy: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ Parable of the “Prodigal Son” captures God’s unconditional Love that is shown in His Mercy. The Prodigal Father’s love for his son focuses on his son’s return home and not on his sins. Let us pray for the wisdom to…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 15:11b-17a, 18-19, 20b, 23b-24a Jesus told the Pharisees and scribes this parable: ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, “Father, let me have the share of the estate that will come to me.” So the father divided the property between them. A few…
4th Week of LentSunday, 31st March 2019Josh. 5:9,10-12; Ps. 34(33):2-3,4-5,6-7; 2 Cor. 5:17-21; Lk. 15:1-3,11-32 (Ps Wk IV) The manna in the desert was a very concrete sign of God's special providence for Israel at a difficult time in their journey. The manna was a very special grace. The Book of Joshua records, however, that…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Self-Righteousness – Faith: In today’s Gospel, through the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, Jesus challenges us to be cautious about condemning others for their sinfulness and “praising” ourselves for our “holiness.” These are signs of not living the Gospel. Is this happening to us? Fr Philip Heng,…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 18:9-14 Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else, ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:28b-34 One of the scribes put a question to Jesus, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one, only Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Love – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims the essence of the Gospel of Salvation. He says, “to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and love your neighbour as yourself.” To live this wholeheartedly, we need to deepen our love for prayers, Masses, Confessions, service to…
3th Week of LentSaturday, 30th March 2019Hos. 5:15b-6:6; Ps. 51(50):3-4,18-19,20-21; Lk. 18:9-14 (Ps Wk III) For the people of Israel, there was only one legitimate response to what they believed to be God’s punishment: repentance. No excuses, no arrogance, no bargaining — just humble submission to God’s actions and a plea for forgiveness. This is…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 11:14-20, 23 Jesus was driving out a devil and it was dumb; and it happened that when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed. But some of them said, ‘It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he drives devils out.’ Others asked…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Divided Relationship: In today’s Gospel, Jesus asserts that divisions in relationships with God and one another will easily weaken and even destroy our lives. As such, we are all called to be united with one another through God’s Love. Let us pray for the wisdom to build deeper…