St Scholastica, Virgin, pray for us5th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Saturday 10th February 20241 Kgs. 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Ps. 105:6-7a,19-20,21-22; Mk. 8:1-10 (Ps. Wk. I) The passage in the first reading illustrates the time after the reign of Solomon when a number of his sons succeeded him. However, due to poor leadership and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Compassionate Love – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus “received” the bread and fish that were “offered” from the crowd. He “blessed” them, “broke” them and “shared” them with the great crowds; with “seven basketfuls of scraps”. Ponder on, “How does Jesus too “receive”, “bless”, “break”,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Everything Jesus Does is Good”: In today’s Gospel, the crowd were deeply inspired by Jesus’ Compassionate Love that healed the deaf and dumb man. They rejoiced and proclaimed, “Everything He does is good.” Ponder on, “Do we have a faith that rejoices in Jesus’ Goodness, Compassion…
Lord, expand our hearts to become more welcoming to all5th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Friday 9th February 20241 Kgs. 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps. 80:10-11ab, 12-13,14-15; Mk. 7:31-37 (Ps. Wk. I) Our Gospel reading today finds Jesus in ‘alien,’ that is, Gentile country. It is not clear why Jesus left Jewish territory to visit…
Daily Word Of GodMark 7:31-37 Returning from the territory of Tyre, Jesus went by way of Sidon towards the Lake of Galilee, right through the Decapolis territory. And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Unwavering Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the Syro-Phoenicial (Gentile) woman’s deep faith moved her to seek Jesus’ cure of her daughter’s possessions of an unclean spirit; and her humility gave her the wisdom not to take Jesus’ Compassion for granted. Ponder on, “Is our faith deep and…
Daily Word Of GodMark 7:24-30 Jesus left Gennesaret and set out for the territory of Tyre. There he went into a house and did not want anyone to know he was there; but he could not pass unrecognised. At once a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and came and…
St Jerome Emiliani, St Josephine Bakhita, virgin, pray for us5th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Thursday 8th February 20241 Kgs. 11:4-13; Ps. 105:3-4,35-36,37,40; Mk 7:24-30 (Ps. Wk. I) Away from the crowds in Gennesaret, Jesus enters Tyre, a Gentile territory. It is said that He went into a house, intending no one to…
Daily Word Of GodMark 7:14-23 Jesus called the people to him again and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unclean. Anyone who has ears for listening should…
Dear Lord, guide me to pass this day with wisdom5th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Wednesday 7th February 20241 Kgs. 10:1-10; Ps. 36:5-6,30-31,39-40; Mk. 7:14-23 (Ps. Wk. I) “The just man’s mouth utters wisdom.” The psalmist aptly describes the just man - who speaks what is right, who has the law of God…