For it is only when we empty our hearts can God fill us with His power and grace (2 Cor 12:9)30th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 26th October 2025Ecclus 35:15-17, 20-22; Ps 33 (34):2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14 (Ps Wk II) Virtue signalling is an attempt to show others that…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 18:9-14 Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else, ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Humility” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Pharisee and Tax collector” to emphasise the truth about “humility”. The Pharisee prided himself for keeping the Laws and living a life of justice and morality. However, the tax collector begged God, with sorrow,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Justice” – Faith: Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Fig Tree” to remind the crowd; not to take God’s Blessings for granted. He said of the fig tree that had not borne any fruits for three years, “Cut it down; why should it be taking…
Christ Way of life - To show a life of repentance by feeding the hungry, to visit the sick and those in prison and to look after those less fortunate29th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 25th October 2025Rom 8:1-11; Ps 23 (24):1-6; Lk 13:1-9 (Ps Wk I) When Paul wrote that there is “no…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 13:6-9 Jesus told this parable, ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to his vinedresser, “For three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Living a Discerning Life” – Faith: Jesus proclaimed to the crowds to use their many talents and intelligence to discern and live wisely, according to God’s Will. Ponder on, “To live a discerning life, we need to build a personal relationship with Jesus. This is to…
ST ANTHONY MARY CLARET, Bishop, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 24th October 2025Rom 7:18-25; Ps 118 (119):66, 68, 76-77, 93-94; Lk 12:54-59 (Ps Wk I) St Paul’s epistle to the Romans, presented us with the “True Self” and the “Unspiritual Self”. The True Self wishes to do the “good things” (v19)…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:54-59 Jesus said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rain is coming, and so it does. And when the wind is from the south you say it's going to be hot, and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:49-53 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! ‘Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace…