Lord, help us to be like St Matthew - to drop everythig and follow you2nd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 19th January 2025 Is 62:1-5; Ps 95:1-3, 7-10; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11 (Ps Wk II) God wants our rejoicing. God instils hope when life seems to bring us many heartbreaks, tragedies, and…
Lord, help us to be like St Matthew - to drop everythig and follow you1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 18th January 2025Heb 4:12-16; Ps 18:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17 (Ps Wk I) Naturally, dingy places are painted with dirt and abhorrence, and our regard for the people in such places are prejudiced. It…
Daily Word Of GodMark 2:13-17 Jesus went out to the shore of the lake; and all the people came to him, and he taught them. As he was walking along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Mercy – Sinners” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus called Matthew, the tax collector; a public sinner, to be His apostle. He also went to dine with him and his other tax collectors. This was considered scandalous behaviour. However, Jesus’ intention was to proclaim the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Depth of our Desires – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the paralytic had a great desire to be cured by Jesus. But, he was not able to get to Jesus because of the great crowds. However, they found a creative solution. Ponder on, “When we have deep…
St Anthony, Abbot, pray for us1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 17th January 2025Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 77:3-4, 6-8; Mk 2:1-12 (Ps Wk I) Jesus has keen attention to affirm everyone on their level of faith. To us, we usually think of faith as a personal thing and we would not be wrong.…
Daily Word Of GodMark 2:1-5, 10-12a When Jesus returned to Capernaum, sometime later word went round that he was in the house; and so many people collected that there was no room left, even in front of the door. He was preaching the word to them when some people came bringing him a paralytic carried…
We are not lepers externally but what about an unclean heart and wounded image?1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 16th January 2025Heb 3:7-14; Ps 94:6-11; Mk 1:40-45 (Ps Wk I) Mark's Gospel reading today illustrates two necessary attitudes for healing. One is the courageous confidence of the leper and the other is the…
Daily Word Of GodMark 1:40-45 A man suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to Jesus and pleaded on his knees saying, ‘If you are willing, you can cleanse me.’ Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said to him, ‘I am willing. Be cleansed.’ And at once the skin-disease left…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus’ Compassionate Love”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured a man with a skin-disease, even though His Time to reveal Himself as the Messiah, had not yet come. Jesus’ Compassionate Love, moved Him to make the exception. Ponder on, “God’s Compassionate Love for us, is infinite. But,…