St Martin of Tours, Bishop, pray for us32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday, 11th November 2024Tit 1:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Lk 17:1-6 (Ps Wk IV) St Paul lists out the qualities required for leaders to be appointed in the Church. He instructs Titus, a fellow missionary disciple close to Paul’s heart, to exemplify and…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:1-6 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Obstacles are sure to come, but alas for the one who provides them! It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone round the neck than that he should lead astray a single one of these little ones. Watch…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Poor Widow’s Faith”: In today’s Gospel Jesus was deeply touched by the poor widow’s great generosity of putting in her two coins. Jesus praised her and said, “she put in everything she possessed”; while others put in “excess money” they had.” Ponder on, “We love God,…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:41-44 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, ‘I…
To serve God, is to give all to God!32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday, 10th November 20241 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 145:6-10; Hebr 9:24-28; Mk 12:38-44 (or 12:41-44) (Ps Wk IV) The scribes prided themselves on their religious learning and observances. As a result, they were respected and admired by the common people. In…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 2:13-22 Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sacred Temple for Worship” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was furious at the money changers who cheat and thus desecrate the Temple. He chased them out of the Temple which He proclaimed is a “House of Worship”. Ponder on, “Our bodies are the Temples of…
Christ resides in us, the People of God. We are God’s temple and the Spirit of God dwells in usDEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA : Saturday, 9th November 2024Ex 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 or 1 Cor 3:9-11, 16-17; Ps 45:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 2:13-22 (Ps Wk III) Today we celebrate the dedication of the Archbasilica of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Using God’s Gifts” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the shrewd steward” to His disciples. Jesus “praised him for his creativity.” Ponder on, “God has given us different talents, and abundant blessings daily. However, like the ‘shrewd steward’, do we use them…
Lord, help me not be complacent but stand firm and uphold your values31st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday, 8th November 2024Phil 3:17—4:1; Ps 121:1-5; Lk 16:1-8 (Ps Wk III) Our experience of dealing with day to day affairs demands that, very often, we adjust to fit in the unpredictability of situations. Shrewdness does…