DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Words and Deeds” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims, “You must listen to the scribes and Pharisees, but not be guided by what they do, since they do not practice what they preach. Ponder on, “Do we live a superficial faith that ‘professes our great…
St Bernard, Abbot and doctor20th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 20th August 2022Ez. 43:1-7a; Ps. 84:9ab and 10,11-12, 13-14; Mt. 23:1-12 (Ps Wk IV) During Jesus’ time, the scribes were seen as religious intellectuals skilled in interpreting and applying the Scriptures to everyday life. The Pharisees, meanwhile, were mainly pious laymen belonging to a…
St John Eudes, priest20th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 19th August 2022Ez. 37:1-14; Ps. 106:2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9; Mt. 22:34-40 (Ps Wk IV) Ezekiel was a prophet of the Lord while the Israelites were in exile in Babylon. In this passage, Ezekiel prophesied that the people of Israel would be restored to their homeland. It would be…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Greatest Commandment”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that the ‘greatest commandment of God is, “To love God with all your heart, soul and mind, and to love our neighbour as yourself.” Ponder on, “Do we live this commandment daily or do we live in self-centred ways,…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to disconcert him, one of them put a question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Ingratitude – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Wedding Feast” to remind His believers, not to take God’s divine gift of Eternal Salvation for granted. Ponder on, “We lose our focus on the true purpose of our lives, when we are too…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 22:1-4a, 5-7a, 8-9, 11, 13a, 14 Jesus began to speak in parables once again to the chief priests and elders of the people: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son's wedding. He sent his servants to call those who had been…
Lord, may I be a good shepherd like You20th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 18th August 2022Ez. 36:23-28; Ps. 50:12-13,14-15,18-19; Mt. 22:1-14 (Ps Wk IV) “You shall be my people, and I shall be your God.” (Ez. 36: 28) Meditating on this verse gives one a sense of intimacy with the Lord. This is…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 20:1-2, 8-13, 15-16 Jesus told this parable to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day and sent them to his vineyard. In the evening, the owner…
Lord, may I be a good shepherd like You20th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 17th August 2022Ez. 34:1-11; Ps. 22:1-3a,3b-4,5,6; Mt. 20:1-16a (Ps Wk IV) In the parable of the shepherds found in the first reading, the Prophet Ezekiel speaks about the wicked rulers who reigned over Israel but did not carry out their…