Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:36b-43, 47a When Jesus arrived at the Pharisee's house and took his place at table, suddenly a woman came in, who had a bad name in the town. She had heard he was dining with the Pharisee and had brought with her an alabaster jar of ointment. She waited behind him…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Secularism” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed with great sadness that nothing and no one “of this generation” are open to receiving the divine Gift of Eternal Salvation. They are blind, obstinate and too proud to know that they need God and His Salvation. Ponder…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:31-35 Jesus said to the people: ‘What comparison, then, can I find for the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children shouting to one another while they sit in the market place: We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and…
Lord, teach us to love untiringly; to love without obsessions to dominate! 24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 18th September 20241 Cor 12:31—13:13; Ps 32:2-5, 12, 22; Lk 7:31-35 (Ps Wk IV) Gullible Christians, like those in Corinth (modern day Greece), are very much taken up by the “display’’ of the spiritual gifts…
St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor and St. Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 17th September 20241 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31; Ps 99:2-5 Lk 7:11-17 (Ps Wk IV) “God has visited His people!” (Lk 7:16) The people exclaimed when they witnessed Jesus raising the only son…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:11-17 Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. Now when he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus’ Compassion” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus “felt sorry for the widow’s only son, who had died, and raised him to life. Ponder on, “The widow did not ask Jesus for the miracle, yet Jesus’ Compassion moved Him to raise her son. Are we aware…
Sts. Cornelius, Pope & Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 16th September 20241 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 39:7-10, 17; Lk 7:1-10 (Ps Wk IV) God is immediately attentive to needs upon submission. The Capernaum encounter between Jesus, the representatives of the centurion and the crowds elicits a deeper…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:1b-4, 5b-8a, 9-10 Jesus went into Capernaum. A centurion there had a servant, a favourite of his, who was sick and near death. Having heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and heal his servant. When they came to Jesus they pleaded earnestly…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Deep Faith – Humility”: In today’s Gospel, the Roman centurion showed great humility in his plea for Jesus to heal his servant who was near death. Jesus, praised him greatly for his deep faith and humility. Ponder on, “To develop a deep faith, we need humility…