ST MATTHEW, APOSTLE & EVANGELIST, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 21st September 2024Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 18:2-5 Mt 9:9-13 (Ps Wk IV) The call of Matthew account is relatively straightforward and does not contain any comment by the author about his own thoughts or feelings about this experience. But that…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus Cures” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the Good News of God’s Kingdom; cured illnesses and expelled demons from people. Ponder on, “If Jesus only proclaimed the Good News, but did not perform any miracles, would fewer people believe in Him? When Jesus cures,…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 8:1-3 Jesus made his way through towns and villages preaching and proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve, as well as certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and ailments: Mary surnamed the Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna…
Sts. Laurent Imbert, Bishop, Jacques Chastan, Priest (Penang College General Fathers) Sts. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Priest, Paul Chong Ha-sang & companions, Martyrs , pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 20th September 20241 Cor 15:12-20; Ps 16:1, 6-8, 15; Lk 8:1-3 (Ps Wk IV) Ponder awhile, regardless of your background, how many…
St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 19th September 20241 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 117:1-2, 16-17, 28; Lk 7:36-50 (Ps Wk IV) God has left us a clear set of teachings and an illuminated path to follow. But it is so easy to drift away and get off…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Repentance” – Sins and Faith: In today’s Gospel, a public woman sinner, showed deep repentance for her grievous sins: she wept with deep sorrow: wiped her tears on Jesus’ feet with her hair, kissed and anointed them with ointment. Ponder on, “Are our sorrows deep when…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:36b-43, 47a When Jesus arrived at the Pharisee's house and took his place at table, suddenly a woman came in, who had a bad name in the town. She had heard he was dining with the Pharisee and had brought with her an alabaster jar of ointment. She waited behind him…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Secularism” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed with great sadness that nothing and no one “of this generation” are open to receiving the divine Gift of Eternal Salvation. They are blind, obstinate and too proud to know that they need God and His Salvation. Ponder…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:31-35 Jesus said to the people: ‘What comparison, then, can I find for the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children shouting to one another while they sit in the market place: We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and…
Lord, teach us to love untiringly; to love without obsessions to dominate! 24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 18th September 20241 Cor 12:31—13:13; Ps 32:2-5, 12, 22; Lk 7:31-35 (Ps Wk IV) Gullible Christians, like those in Corinth (modern day Greece), are very much taken up by the “display’’ of the spiritual gifts…