Dear Lord, help us not to allow ourselves to be misled by the worldSaturday after Ash Wednesday : 17th February 2024Is. 58:9-14; Ps. 85:12,3-4,5-6; Lk. 5:27-32 (Ps. Wk. IV) The response to the Responsorial Psalm of today states – “Show me, Lord, Your way so that I may walk in Your truth.” In our present…
Dear Lord, place me with Jesus, assisting Jesus in carrying His crossFriday after Ash Wednesday : 16th February 2024Is. 58:1-9a; Ps. 50:3-4,5-6,18-19; Mt. 9:14-15 (Ps. Wk. IV) Fasting is never meant to be a selfish act or gain. The fruit of fasting is that one’s space for God is enlarged in one’s interior life. When…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:14-15 Then John's disciples came to him 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…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Messiah’s Presence” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to John the Baptist’s disciples that when the “Messiah is Present” with us, we are to focus our “joys” on Him, and not be distracted by any other rituals and deeds. Ponder on, “Is our faith in…
Dear Lord, place me with Jesus, assisting Jesus in carrying His crossThursday after Ash Wednesday : 15th February 2024Deut. 30:15-20; Ps. 1:1-2,3,4,6; Lk. 9:22-25 (Ps. Wk. IV) St Ignatius Loyola begged Mother Mary for many years that he be ‘placed with Jesus.’ It was important for St Ignatius to experience the closeness of God not…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 9:22-25 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The Son of man is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’ Then, speaking to all, he said, ‘If anyone wants to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Suffering Messiah” – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that the “Messiah” is a “Suffering Messiah”. He does not use His Divine Power for Domination, Destruction and Self-Glory, but for a total “Service in Mercy and with Humility”. Ponder on, “It is God’s Mercy that forgives…
Lord, help me to have the mind and heart of ChristASH WEDNESDAY : 14th February 2024Joel 2:12-18; Ps. 50:3-6,5-6,12-13,14, 17; 2 Cor. 5:20—6:2; Mk. 6:16,16-18 (Ps. Wk. IV) The nation of Israel had sinned and fallen away from the Lord. But it is never too late – Joel called on the nation to sound the…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 6:4-6, 16a, 17-18 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Ash Wednesday – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed about “almsgiving, prayer and fasting”. He is reminding us to love God, more deeply. These spiritual deeds reflect our desires to become more like Him. Ponder on, “Ash Wednesday reminds us that God created us from “ashes”,…