DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Body and Blood: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims clearly to the Jews, “I am the Bread from heaven; anyone who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has eternal life.” Ponder on, “Only with faith in Jesus, and not through secular thinking can we accept…
St Ephrem, deacon and doctor9th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 10th June 2023Tob. 12:1,5-15,20; (R.Ps.) Tob. 13:2,6-8; Mt. 12:38-44 (Ps. Wk. I) At the end of the Book of Tobit, Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand ever ready in the presence of the glory of the Lord, reveals to Tobit and his…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Authentic Living: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cautions the crowd to beware of the scribes, who look for honour and glory from people, but are corrupt and deceptive. However, ponder on, “Genuine honour is to have a generosity that shares sincerely, selflessly and unconditionally; with dignity and…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:38-44 In his teaching Jesus said, ‘Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets; these are the men who swallow the property of widows,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus as Saviour: In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches in the Temple that Christ is our Messiah, Lord and Saviour. Ponder on, “The gift of faith is beyond our human logical thinking. However, our faith will enlighten us to live our daily lives with greater meaning, direction…
St Ephrem, deacon and doctor9th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 9th June 2023Tob. 11:5-17; Ps. 145:2,7-10; Mk. 12:35-37 (Ps. Wk. I) Who do you say Jesus is to you? Ask this question, and we will get a range of subjective answers, from Jesus as a moral teacher who challenged the status quo and existing…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:35-37 While teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, ‘How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said: The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand and I will put your enemies under your feet. David himself…
Lord, help me love my neighbour as I love You9th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 8th June 2023Tob. 6:10-11; 7:1,9-14; 8:4-9; Ps. 127:1-5; Mk. 12:28-34 (Ps. Wk. I) For some time, Jesus had faced a series of scheming and malicious questions from the Pharisees and scribes who intended to find fault with Him. Therefore,…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:28b-34a One of the scribes came up to Jesus put a question to him, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one, only Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Greatest Commandments: In today’s Gospel, the scribes agreed with Jesus that the first and the greatest Commandment is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and then inseparable from this is; to love our neighbour through our deeds. Ponder on, “Do we…