Lord, let us not become untouchables for those in need4th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 4th February 2025Heb 12:1-4; Ps 21:26-28, 30-32; Mk 5:21-43 (Ps Wk IV) Biblical scholars would refer to the structuring of the Gospel text today as a typical “Markan sandwich,” wherein a story is narrated but inserted in the middle, is…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Fear of Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the ‘legion of evil spirits” was terrified of Jesus, the Son of God, and begged Him to send them into a heard of pigs. The townspeople too were afraid of Jesus and asked Him to leave their neighbourhood. …
Daily Word Of GodMark 5:2, 6b-10, 12-13, 16-17 When Jesus disembarked, a man with an unclean spirit at once came out from the tombs towards him and fell at his feet and shouted at the top of his voice, ‘What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? In God's name…
St. Blaise, Bishop & Martyr; St. Ansgar, Bishop, pray for us4th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 3rd February 2025Heb 11:32-40; Ps 30:20-24; Mk 5:1-20 (Ps Wk IV) The call to prophecy has never been uncomplicated. Many prophets and holy men and women in Israel’s history endured persecution, torture, and martyrdom. They suffered willingly…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 2:22-24, 39-40 When the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord - observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord -…
God has placed Himself at our hands, pure, gentle and vulnerableTHE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD (C) : Sunday 2nd February 2025Mal 3:1-4; Ps 23:7-10; Heb 2:14-18: Lk 2:22-40 (or 22-32) (Psalter Proper) Prophet Malachi envisioned the coming of the Lord in the Temple as a profound act of purification. Acting as refiner’s fire, He will purify…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus’ Obedience” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ parents, Mary and Joseph, obeyed the Mosaic Laws and consecrated Jesus, in the Temple, to the Lord. And, Jesus grew up in maturity in Nazareth. Ponder on, “Our cultural roots, the practices of our faith, and our family…
St John Bosco, Priest, pray for us3rd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 1st February 2025Heb 11:1-2, 8-19; (R. Ps.) Lk 1:69-75; Mk 4:35-41 (Ps Wk III) Our vocations in life are always coloured with hope and anxiety. In fact, every chapter of our age, career, relationship, ministry and endeavor display various intensities of emotions and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Faith in Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, the apostles were terrified of being drowned in the storm. Jesus was Present, but “asleep” in the boat. Ponder on, “Jesus may be ‘asleep’. But, insofar as we have faith that He is Present with us, we should never fear…
Daily Word Of GodMark 4:35-41 With the coming of evening, he said to his disciples, ‘Let us cross over to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind they took him, just as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him. Then it began to blow a great gale and the…