DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Self-Righteous Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the scribes and Pharisees, brought an adulteress to Jesus. They hoped that He would condemn her to death. Ponder on, “If we are self-righteous, we will see the sins of others, but will be blind to our own sins; which can…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Views about Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the crowds and guards had different views of who Jesus was, and no one arrested Him. Ponder on, “We all have faith in Jesus, as our Lord and Messiah. However, we fall into the sin of omission to…
St Vincent Ferrer, Priest, pray for us4th Week of Lent (C) : Saturday 5th April 2025Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9-12; Jn 7:40-52 (Ps Wk IV) What helps us to prepare for Holy Week? The predicament of Prophet Jeremiah demands that we either side with him or with those who set up the insidious plot against him. Their…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 7:40-47 Some of the crowd who had been listening to Jesus said, ‘He is indeed the prophet,’ and some said, ‘He is the Christ,’ but others said, ‘Would the Christ come from Galilee? Does not scripture say that the Christ must be descended from David and come from Bethlehem, the village…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Divine Truth of Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, the Jews were seeking to kill Jesus. Yet, with great Courage and Commitment, Jesus proclaimed in the Temple in Jerusalem, that He indeed is the Messiah. Ponder on, “Do we have such selfless courage to witness Jesus as our…
St Isidore, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us4th Week of Lent (C) : Friday 4th April 2025Wis 2:1, 12-22; Ps 33 (34):16, 18-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 (Ps Wk IV) What goes through the mind of a man who knows that his enemies are plotting to destroy him? Psychologically, human beings respond to an…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 7:1-2, 10b, 25-26, 28-30 Jesus travelled round Galilee; he could not travel round Judaea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. As the Jewish feast of Shelters drew near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem, not publicly but secretly. Meanwhile some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, ‘Isn't this the…
Lord, teach me to love You patiently!4th Week of Lent (C) : Thursday 3rd April 2025Ex 32:7-14; Ps 105 (106):19-23; Jn 5:31-47 (Ps Wk IV) How patient can I be these days? Here is our familiar story. Moses was gone a long time when he went up the mountain to receive the covenant from God. The Israelites…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 5:43-47 Jesus said to the Jews: ‘I have come in the name of my Father and you refuse to accept me; if someone else should come in his own name you would accept him. How can you believe, since you look to each other for glory and are not concerned with…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Insincerity in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus in exasperation, points out to the Jews that they are “insincere in their faith in God” as proclaimed by Moses, and that He is the Messiah. Ponder on, “Do we similarly look for other ‘gods’ of: wealth, self-glory, self-gratifications,…