DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Forgiven Sinner”: In today’s Gospel, Zacchaeus, was a tax-collector who experienced a deep conversion when he encountered Jesus. This was primarily because his heart was sincerely searching for Jesus. Do our hearts desire to deepen our love for Jesus? Speak to the Lord about your hindrances…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Compassionate Jesus: The deepest sorrow of a human heart is to lose a loved one through death. In today’s Gospel, Jesus filled with Compassion raise the son of Nain to life. If we are undergoing pain and tribulations, never lose hope in Jesus’ Compassionate Love; seek…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “The Beatitudes”: In Jesus’ “Beatitudes”, He identifies those who have the values of being “poor in spirit, gentleness, mourn, uprightness, mercy, purity in heart, peacemakers, even if they are persecuted for their faith. They are to rejoice, as God “sees” everything. Endure out of love for…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – Divine Power: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees warned Jesus to flee from king Herod’s plan to kill Him. Jesus responds that He cures all kinds of diseases and drives out devils. Yet, people are determined to destroy Him. Ponder on, “When people hurt us in…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Vigilance – Faith: We are very blessed with the gift of faith that offers Eternal Life of Happiness. However, this precious gift cannot be taken for granted, but must be nurtured to grow and harvest. Fidelity in faith demands much self-sacrifice and single-minded commitment in our…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Kingdom of God”: Jesus in today’s Gospel proclaims that the “Kingdom of God is like a “dot size” mustard seed, that can grow into a huge tree to shelter birds of the air with its great branches. Likewise, if we are obedient to God’s Will, our…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Prayer Life: In today’s Gospel, Jesus went to the mountain and prayed the whole night, before choosing His Twelve apostles. Do we pray from the depth of our hearts, with sincerity, reverence and humility to God? If we pray superficially then, our hearts would not be…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Christ-like Views: It is a blessing to have a faith that is alive and fervent. However, the strength and depth of our faith is shown by the compassion and non-judgmental views we have of sinners and non-believers. Pray for the wisdom to have a more Christ-like…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Discipleship: When God give us gifts and blessings to live our lives for God’s Greater Glory, many of us tend to allow our faith to drift into the background of our lives. As such, our faith does not grow or produce the “harvest” of fulfilment, and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Human Gifts: In today’s Gospel, Jesus affirms that every person has ingenuity, intelligence and creativity. However, He advises us to use all these God-given talents and blessings to deepen our faith, hope and love for God, and for one another. “Do we follow Jesus’ advise?” Fr…