Mother Mary, pray for usASSUMPTION OF THE B.V. MARY : Thursday 15th August 2024Rev 11:19, 12:1-6, 10; Ps 44:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-26; Lk 1:39-56 (Psalter Proper) The Assumption reveals Mary’s devout life. Luke’s gospel depicts Mary’s experience of a human encounter with the divine - troubled when she hears the voice of the angel…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Assumption of Mary” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Elizabeth proclaimed to Mary, “Why should I be honoured with a visit from the Mother of my Lord?” Ponder on, “Mary conceived Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, through the Holy Spirit. She was pure and sinless throughout her…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 1:39-47 Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sin Destroys Community” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to His disciples on how they are to win back a member of the community who has gone astray because of his sins. Ponder on, “If the sin of a person, is grave, it may divide…
St Maximilian Kolbe, Priest & Martyr, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 14th August 2024Ez 9:1-7, 10:18-22; Ps 112:1-6; Mt 18:15-20 (Ps Wk III) The prophet Ezekiel was a priest in the Temple in Jerusalem before the Israelites were exiled to Babylon. The Temple was the setting for Ezekiel’s vision. The…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If your brother does something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you: the evidence of…
Ss Pontian, Pope & Hippolytus, Priest, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 13th August 2024Ez 2:8—3:4; Ps 118:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 (Ps Wk III) ‘You are what you eat.’ Do you believe this adage? The prophet Ezekiel takes it quite seriously. God calls Ezekiel in…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 17:24-27 The disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them. Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Preferential Love” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that “not a single one of these little ones should be lost.” Ponder on, “God has Preferential Love and Compassion for the poor, vulnerable and those who have lost their faith. They are the weak, voiceless,…
St Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 12th August 2024Ez 1:2-5, 24-28; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Mt 17:22-27 (Ps Wk III) In Jewish life, every male above the age of 20 (Exodus 30:11-15) is obligated to pay the Temple Tax (a half-shekel for each male: equivalent to…