St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor and St. Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 17th September 20241 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31; Ps 99:2-5 Lk 7:11-17 (Ps Wk IV) “God has visited His people!” (Lk 7:16) The people exclaimed when they witnessed Jesus raising the only son…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:11-17 Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. Now when he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus’ Compassion” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus “felt sorry for the widow’s only son, who had died, and raised him to life. Ponder on, “The widow did not ask Jesus for the miracle, yet Jesus’ Compassion moved Him to raise her son. Are we aware…
Sts. Cornelius, Pope & Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 16th September 20241 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 39:7-10, 17; Lk 7:1-10 (Ps Wk IV) God is immediately attentive to needs upon submission. The Capernaum encounter between Jesus, the representatives of the centurion and the crowds elicits a deeper…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:1b-4, 5b-8a, 9-10 Jesus went into Capernaum. A centurion there had a servant, a favourite of his, who was sick and near death. Having heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and heal his servant. When they came to Jesus they pleaded earnestly…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Deep Faith – Humility”: In today’s Gospel, the Roman centurion showed great humility in his plea for Jesus to heal his servant who was near death. Jesus, praised him greatly for his deep faith and humility. Ponder on, “To develop a deep faith, we need humility…
What are the crosses, responsibilities I am invited to carry for others? 24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 15th September 2024Is 50:5-9; Ps 114:1-6, 8-9; Jm 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35 (Ps Wk IV) “If anyone wants to be My disciple, they must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me” (Mk 8:34).…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Good Intentions in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Peter was inspired by God our Father, who revealed to him that Jesus is “The Christ”. However, in Peter’s good intentions, he tried to prevent Jesus from dying on the Cross. Ponder on, “Our Good intentions are not sufficient…
Daily Word Of GodMark 8:27-33 Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him, ‘John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he asked them, ‘who do you…
THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS23rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 14th September 2024Num 21:4-9 or Phil 2:6-11; Ps 77:1-2, 34-38; Jn 3:13-17 (Psalter Proper) If our daily life is left unexamined, we often create negative energies around us. During their journey through the desert, the Israelites grumbled, complained, and spoke ill of…