Dear Lord, rule our hearts, let Your reign be mirrored in our actions34th Week in Ordinary Time (B) – CHRIST THE KING : Sunday, 24th November 2024 Dan 7:13-14; Ps 92:1-2, 5; Rev 1:5-8; Jn 18:33-37 (Ps Wk II) How does Christ the King manifest His kingly rule in your life? Prophet Daniel envisioned a…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus, King of the Universe” – Faith: In today’s Gospel Jesus was interrogated by King Herod, like a criminal. However, in Truth, Jesus’ Kingdom which is of Heaven, is infinitely more powerful than Herod. Ponder on, “Those who have no faith, or who reject Jesus as…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 18:33b-37 ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ Pilate asked. Jesus replied, ‘Do you ask this of your own accord, or have others spoken to you about me?’ Pilate answered, ‘Am I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have handed you over to me: what…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 20:27-36, 38 Some Sadducees -- those who say that there is no resurrection -- approached Jesus and they put this question to him, ‘Master, we have it from Moses in writing that if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Living in Heaven” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed, to the Sadducees, who did not believe in the Resurrection, that in heaven, we do not marry; we no longer die, and we are like the angels. Ponder on, “As such, heaven is God’s Divine Gift…
St Clement I, Pope & Martyr; St. Columban, Abbot , pray for us33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday, 23rd November 2024Rev 11:4-12; Ps 143:1-2, 9-10; Lk 20:27-40 (Ps Wk I) The two olive trees and lampstands in the Book of Revelation represent resilient peace and light. Some scholars would refer to them as…
St Cecilia, Virgin & Martyr, pray for us33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday, 22nd November 2024 Rev 10:8-11; Ps 118:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 Lk 19:45-48 (Ps Wk I) In the Gospel, when the leadership of the religious and civil authority alike tries to do away with Jesus, they cannot, because the…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 19:45-48 Jesus went into the Temple and began driving out those who were selling. ‘According to scripture,’ he said ‘my house will be a house of prayer. But you have turned it into a robbers’ den.’ He taught in the Temple every day. The chief priests and the scribes, with the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus’ Authority and Power”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus revealed His Divine Authority: in His Teachings, and in chasing the cheaters out of the Temple as it is His Father’s house of worship. But, the chief priests and scribes felt threatened. Ponder on, “We fear God, when…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 12:46-50 Jesus was speaking to the crowds when suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, ‘Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?’ And stretching out his hand towards his…