Lord, help me to be open to your Word proclaimed in the Bible25th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 25th September 2023Ezr. 1:1-6; Ps. 125:1-3,4-5,6; Lk. 8:16-18 (Ps. Wk. I) The setting in the Book of Ezra is the two hundred periods in which God’s people were citizens of the Persian empire. The Persian period…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Purpose of life – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims the importance of having the clear goal and direction in our lives. And, this is to praise, reverence and serve God’s Will. Ponder on, “Do we discern, nurture and serve God’s Will? If we do, then…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 8:16-18 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘No one lights a lamp to cover it with a bowl or to put it under a bed. No, it is put on a lamp-stand so that people may see the light when they come in. For nothing is hidden but it will be made…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Ingratitude” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Workers and landowner” to His disciples, to remind them of the importance of having gratitude to God, and not to take His Love and Mercy for granted. Ponder on, “Are we grateful to God…
World Day of Migrants & Refugees25th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 24th September 2023Is. 55:6-9; Ps. 144:2-3,8-9,17-18; Phil. 1:20-24,27a; Mt. 20:1-16a (Ps. Wk. I) We can be very grateful that God’s ways and thoughts are not like ours. God sees the ‘big picture’ and is not motivated by resentment, fear, greed, or anger, as…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 20:1-2, 8-13, 15-16 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day and sent them to his vineyard. ‘In the evening, the owner of the…
St Pius of Pietrelcina, priest, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 23rd September 20231 Tim. 6:13-16; Ps. 99:2-5; Lk. 8:4-15 (Ps. Wk. IV) Today’s parable in the Gospel centres on the seed and the soil, rather than on the sower. The seed is the Word of God (v. 11), and we can…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 8:4-8a, 9, 11-12, 15 With a large crowd gathering and people from every town finding their way to him, Jesus told this parable: ‘A sower went out to sow his seed. Now as he sowed, some fell on the edge of the path and was trampled on; and the birds of…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:31-35 Jesus made his way through towns and villages preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve, as well as certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and ailments: Mary surnamed the Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:9-13 As Jesus was walking on he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him. Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came…