What are the crosses, responsibilities I am invited to carry for others? 24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 15th September 2024Is 50:5-9; Ps 114:1-6, 8-9; Jm 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35 (Ps Wk IV) “If anyone wants to be My disciple, they must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me” (Mk 8:34).…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Good Intentions in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Peter was inspired by God our Father, who revealed to him that Jesus is “The Christ”. However, in Peter’s good intentions, he tried to prevent Jesus from dying on the Cross. Ponder on, “Our Good intentions are not sufficient…
Daily Word Of GodMark 8:27-33 Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him, ‘John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he asked them, ‘who do you…
THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS23rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 14th September 2024Num 21:4-9 or Phil 2:6-11; Ps 77:1-2, 34-38; Jn 3:13-17 (Psalter Proper) If our daily life is left unexamined, we often create negative energies around us. During their journey through the desert, the Israelites grumbled, complained, and spoke ill of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “The Exaltation of the Cross” – Faith: Today’s liturgical celebration of the Church reminds us of God’s infinite Mercy. God even sends His only Son, who willingly Dies on the Cross for our Salvation. And through His Merciful Love, He Forgives our sins and saves humanity. …
Daily Word Of GodJohn 3:13-17 Jesus said to Nicodemus: ‘No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of man; as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up so that everyone who believes may have eternal life…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Blindness – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples that we are often “blind” to our own faults, failures and sins. Yet, we continue to judge others harshly for the very same or even bigger faults, failures and sins of ours. Ponder on, “Blindness…
St John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 13th September 20241 Cor 9:16-19, 22-27; Ps 83:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42 (Ps Wk III) In our modern world, complacency with our mobile phones may numb our senses to stay vigilant against unnecessary websites, videos and chats. Certain media news…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:39-42 Jesus told a parable to his disciples, ‘Can one blind man guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit? The disciple is not superior to his teacher; but fully trained disciple will always be like teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:27-31, 36-38 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly. To anyone who slaps you on one cheek, present the other cheek as well;…