DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Testing Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees demanded a sign from Jesus to prove that He is the Messiah. Do we at times also make similar demands and get upset with Jesus when things do not go our way? Ponder on, “Do we truly trust and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Compassion: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the man with virulent skin-disease when he pleaded for healing. Likewise, Jesus will respond with His Compassionate Love to anyone who pleads for help. However, Jesus’ ultimate concern for us is our Eternal Salvation. Do we “forget” Jesus as…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Miracles of the Loaves”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus fed four thousand people with a few loaves of bread and small fishes. Jesus “took what was offered, blessed, broke, distributed and collected seven baskets full of scraps.” Do we offer God our abundant graces, wealth, time, talents…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Ephphatha” – Be Healed: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed “Ephphatha” to cure the deaf and dumb man. Ponder on, “Are there areas in our minds and hearts that we need Jesus to cure so that we will be more open to hearing His Father’s Will, and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Mary and Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Mary who knew and loved Her Son intimately, was able to influence Him to perform His first miracle of turning water into wine, for the wedding feast. The wisdom of our faith would urge us to seek Mary to intercede…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sin – Source”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that sin comes from the evil intentions of our hearts. As such, Jesus is inviting us to purify our hearts by building and deepening our love and relationship with Him. Evil intentions can easily be formed if we…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith – “Hypocrisy”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the Pharisees and scribes for being hypocrites. As such, their “reverence” for Him is worthless. Is our love for Jesus hypocritical: i.e. superficial and deceiving as our true motive is for our self-gain and glory? If so, our…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Crowds’ Faith in Jesus: In today’s Gospel, great crowds were clamouring for Jesus to cure them. Ponder on, “Do we also ‘clamour’ for Jesus because we need to be healed or want our problems solved, hurts wiped away . . .?” More importantly, do we also…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Evangelisation: In today’s Gospel, even as great crowds were clamouring for Jesus He moved on to other neighbouring country towns to proclaim the Good News of Salvation. As we have received the gift of faith, we are also responsible to spread and witness its Truth to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Union in Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus and His apostles withdrew from the crowd to be by themselves, after a very hectic day of serving them. Ponder on, “The need to build the community of our family and friends, on the faith we have in Jesus…