DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Betrayal of Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus foretold Judas’ betrayal of Him to Death. However, Judas denied that this would happen. Ponder on, “While we love God, we are called to deepen our faith in Jesus daily; with a sincerity that is willing to…
Lord, help me to truly love You with all my heart, mind and soulWednesday of Holy Week : 5th April 2023Is. 50:4-9a; Ps. 68:8-10,21-22,31,33-34; Mt. 26:14-25 (Ps. Wk. II) What allows prophets and messiahs to suffer and die for the truth? The Suffering Servant in Isaiah is portrayed as listening intently and constantly to God…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 26:17-18,20-25 On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus to say, ‘Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ He said, ‘Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, “The Master says: My time is near.…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 13:31-33,36-38 When Judas, Son of Simon Iscariot had gone, Jesus said: ‘Now has the Son of man been glorified, and in him God has been glorified. If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him in himself, and will glorify him very soon. Little children, I shall…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Peter’s Love for Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, Peter was full of love for Jesus and would willingly die for Him. However, Jesus prophesised that he would deny Him. Ponder on, “When we promise Jesus that we will love Him at all times, we also know that…
Lord, help me to truly love You with all my heart, mind and soulTuesday of Holy Week : 4th April 2023Is. 49:1-7; Ps. 70:1-6,15,17; Jn. 13:21-33,36-38 (Ps. Wk. II) For the last two weeks, the Gospel reading from St John has been painting a picture of growing hostility to Jesus, suggesting even the possibility of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Deep Repentance” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Mary of Magdala wept bitterly in her repentance. She wiped her tears on Jesus’ feet with her hair, and anointed His feet with expensive ointment. Ponder on, “When we seek repentance for our sins from God, do we have…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 12:1-8 Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there; Martha waited on them and Lazarus was among those at table. Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with…
Lord, help me to remove human selfishness, fear, and greed from my heartMonday of Holy Week : 3rd April 2023Ez. 37:21-28; (R. Ps.) Jer. 31:10-13; Jn. 11:45-56 (Ps. Wk. I) Without hope, we cannot live. Dreams and visions feed our hearts and souls, giving us the strength and courage to continue. The exiled people in…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 27:11, 15, 20, 24, 26b, 28-29, 31, 46, 50 Jesus was brought before the governor, and the governor put to him this question, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ Jesus replied, ‘It is you who say it.’ At festival time it was the governor's practice to release a prisoner for…