DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Humility – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus embraced a child and proclaimed, “Anyone who welcomes a child in My Name, welcomes Me. He adds, “The least amongst you, is the one who is great.” Ponder on, “To be ‘great’, Jesus expects us to respect and love…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Unity or Division in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to John, the apostle, “Anyone who is not against us, is for us.” Ponder on, “Are we tempted to divide instead of uniting, with people who do not have the same beliefs as us? Or, do…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus’ Suffering and Death” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples, “The Son of Man is going to be handed over into the power of men.” Ponder on, “In God’s mystery of His infinite Power He created everything. In His Divine Mercy, He…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Who is Jesus to you? – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus asked His disciple, and us, “Who do you say that I am?” Ponder on, “This is the central and foundational question of our faith. If we hesitate and cannot answer with clarity and conviction, then…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Fear of God’s Divine Power”: In today’s Gospel, King Herod was fearful, when he heard that John the Baptist could have risen from the dead. “He knew that John was a man of God, who spoke fearlessly and truthfully about his sinful living. Ponder on, “When…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Vocation of the Apostles”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus called and missioned His apostles to proclaim the Good News to all peoples. Ponder on, “They were “called” - a special blessing; “sent” – a great responsibility of service; “empowered” – to preach and perform miracles; “surrendered”– to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Word – Faith”: In today’s Gospel episode, Jesus proclaimed and praised His Mother who “hears the Word of God and puts it into practice”. Ponder on, “There are no believers who obey as fully as Mary. Her obedience was so perfect and discerning that she…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Gifts – His Glory” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples that the gift of faith and abundant blessings that God has given them are for the service of drawing people closer to and glorifying Him. Ponder on, “If this is so,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Reality of Humility” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ disciples were arguing amongst themselves about which of them was the greatest. Presumably, comparing who preached better, performed greater miracles, converted more people etc. Ponder on, “Jesus’ response, ‘If anyone wants to be first, he must make…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Call of Matthew” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus called Matthew to be His disciple, and ate with public sinners. The Pharisees were shocked. Ponder on, “Jesus proclaimed that it is sinners who need the Saviour. Ponder on, “If we are not aware that our sinfulness…