Daily Word Of GodLuke 21:1-4 As Jesus looked up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury; and he happened to notice a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins, and he said, ‘I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them; for these have all contributed…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Generosity-Faith”: In today’s Gospel episode, Jesus said “others had contributed ‘extra’ money that they had, but this poor widow had put in all she had to live on.” Ponder on, “Her generosity is very rare. Is our temptation to think of our own needs first, before…
St Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin & Martyr, pray for us34th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday, 25th November 2024Rev 14:1-5; Ps 23:1-6; Lk 21:1-4 (Ps Wk II) There are certainly more than 144,000 people going to heaven. Revelation is written in symbolic language, and that number is a multiple of 12 – the tribes…
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…