St. Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 15th July 2024Is 1:10-17; Ps 49:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23; Mt 10:34 — 11:1 (Ps Wk III) The Lord spoke through Isaiah - smoke of burnt rams and fat of calves sicken Him. The right command for true sacrifice is to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Radical Commitment – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus instructed His Apostles to surrender everything they possess; in spite of their attachments to their family and other human needs and comforts. Ponder on, “Jesus’ invitation to ‘new’ challenges and ‘new divine Joys and Fulfilment” that only He…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:34-40 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth: it is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword. For I have come to set son against father, daughter against mother, daughter in law against mother in law;…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:7-13 Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs, giving them authority over unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff -- no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses. They were to wear sandals but, he added, ‘Don't…
Time is short. Open our mind and heart to the Spirit of God15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 14th July 2024Am 7:12-15; Ps 84:9-14; Eph 1:3-14 (or 1:3-10); Mk 6:7-13 (Ps Wk III) The priests in Bethel did not want Amos around. They told him to stay in his own lane – to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Detachments – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus expected His Apostles to serve with total detachment from material needs. In their mission they are to trust in His Father’s Providence and Care. Ponder on, “Do we love and serve God, but at the same time we are…
God’s love and care for us is greater than any challenge we will face in life14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 13th July 2024Is 6:1-8; Ps 92:1-2, 5 Mt 10:24-33 (Ps Wk II) Have you ever felt God is calling you personally? One common immediate reaction to anyone who encounters such experience is…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:24-29 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘The disciple is not superior to teacher, nor slave to master. It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called the master of the house “Beelzebul”, how much more the members of his household?…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus our Master” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus said to His Apostles, “The disciple is not superior to the teacher, nor slave to the master.” Ponder on, “When we discern God’s Will . . . do we surrender our wills to God, in humility, and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:16-20 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as snakes and yet innocent as doves. ‘Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings…