DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Following Jesus” – Discipleship: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that to be His disciple, one must be committed, selfless and faithful to Him in spite of the many painful challenges that come our way. Ponder on, “Is our faith and love for Jesus deep, or are…
Lord, help me to let go of things and free myself to attach to You13th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 26th June 20221 Kgs. 19:16b,19-21; Ps. 15:1-2a and 5, 7-8,9-10,11; Gal. 5:1,13-18; Lk. 9:51-62 (Ps Wk I) As Jesus resolutely makes His way to Jerusalem, we follow Him faithfully. But along the way, we…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Emotions – Spiritual Truth: In today’s Gospel, when the people rejected Jesus, the disciples asked Jesus to “call down fire from heaven to burn them up.” Ponder on, “One of the main challenges of living God’s will is our painful emotions that tempt, confuse and draw…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 9:51-56 As the time drew near for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because he…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Mary’s Heart – Love of God”: In today’s Gospel episode, the Child Jesus at the age of twelve, was lost for three days, and was found Teaching in the Temple. He then returned to Nazareth with Mary and Joseph, and lived under their authority. Ponder on,…
Pray for us, Holy Mary Mother of GodThe Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary : Saturday 25th June 2022Is. 61:9-11; (R Ps.) 1 Sam. 2:1,4-5,6-7, 8abcd; Lk. 2:41-51 (Ps Wk IV) In celebrating Mary’s immaculate heart, we celebrate her single-heartedness and her sinlessness. Today, we bring up another dimension of Mary’s heart, a dimension…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 2:41-43, 45-46, 48-51a Every year the parents of Jesus used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual. When the days of the feast were over and they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed…
Prayers for the Solemnity of Sacred Heart of Jesus PRAYER FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE FAMILY DEDICATION TO THE SACRED HEART (to be recited by families which have the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in their homes) Lord Jesus Christ, today we renew the dedication of our family to your Sacred Heart. We remember your…
Lord, help me to experience your love and bring it to othersSOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS : Friday 24th June 2022Ez. 34:11-16; Ps. 22:1-3a,3b-4,5,6; Rom. 5:5b-11; Lk. 15:3-7 (Ps Wk ) Today is the Feast of God’s love for us. This love has been shown to us by the life of God’s…
Risen Christ, risen Christian! Scripture: We can ponder on any of the appearances of the risen Christ in this time, perhaps particularly the Emmaus Road encounter (Luke 24:13-35) and how, for the two former disciples trudging wearily homewards, their great adventure apparently having failed, something unmistakably marvellous happened in their hearts. This sudden moment of…