God meets us where we are. Our smallest gestures of reaching out are met with His warmth and compassion14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 8th July 2024Hos 2:16-18, 21-22; Ps 144:2-9; Mt 9:18-26 (Ps Wk II) Are we seeking God as much as God is seeking us? In Prophet Hosea, we are given…
God speaks to us, but we have to listen. Lord, keep my eyes fixed on You always14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 7th July 2024Ez 2:2-5; Ps 122:1-4 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6 (Ps Wk II) Rejection seems to be dominant in today’s Scripture readings. Prophet Ezekiel suffered rejection. In the land of…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:1-6 Jesus went to his home town, and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, ‘Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Blindness in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ townsfolks of Nazareth, rejected Him as the Messiah in spite of being awed by His great Wisdom and divine power to perform miracles. They would not accept that a carpenter’s son could be the Messiah. Ponder on, “Are our…
St. Maria Goretti, Virgin & Martyr, pray for us13th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 6th July 2024Am 9:11-15; Ps 84:9, 11-14 Mt 9:14-17 (Ps Wk I) How do you see the world as reported by the various media? We find many examples of ruin and destruction in our world from both natural and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus-Messiah – Our Lives”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that as He, the Messiah is present, it is a time of “special Joys and great Blessings”; not mourning. Ponder on, “Are we filled with joy and zeal to live our lives in God’s Ways, and share…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:14-17 John's disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Call of Matthew” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus called Matthew, a tax collector; a public sinner, to be one of His apostles. Matthew must have been greatly surprised by Jesus’ Call. Ponder on, “God’s Will and Ways are not our will and ways. He judges…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:9-13 As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him. Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and…
Lord, help me to always seek what You desire in exercising my duties today13th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 5th July 2024Am 8:4-6, 9-12; Ps 118:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131 Mt 9:9-13 (Ps Wk I) Amos is unlike any other prophet. Without fear, he claims that he is not a prophet but…