Daily Word Of GodMatthew 17:14b-20 A man came up to Jesus and went down on his knees before him. ‘Lord,’ he said, ‘take pity on my son: he is demented and in a wretched state; he is always falling into fire and into water. I took him to your disciples and they were unable to…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 16:24-28 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. What, then,…
St Clare, virgin, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 11th August 2023Deut. 4:32-40; Ps. 76:12-16,21; Mt. 16:24-28 (Ps. Wk. II) “Did a people ever hear the voice of the living God speaking from the heart of the fire, as you heard it, and remain alive?” It is indeed a pointed question directed…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Discipleship” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to His disciples, “Anyone who wants to be a follower of Mine, he must renounce himself and take up his cross.” Ponder on, “While it is understandable that no one wants pain and suffering, we are called to…
ST LAWRENCE, DEACON & MARTYR, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 10th August 20232 Cor. 9:6-10; Ps. 111:1-2,5-6,7-8,9; Jn. 12:24-26 (Ps. Wk. II) Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), a German philosopher, explains that we do not choose death; instead, we are thrown into it. Each of us must face death; we must accept the…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 12:24-26 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you, most solemnly, unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest. Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Dying to self” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that if we want to “yield a rich harvest” in our service of God’s people, like the “grain of wheat”, we need to “die to ourself”. Ponder on, “Do we willingly serve God’s people with selflessness…
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin & martyr, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 9th August 2023Num 13:1-2,25 —14:1,26-29,34-35; Ps.105:6-7,13-14,21-23; Mt. 15:21-28; (Ps. Wk. II) The unnamed Canaanite woman in today’s Gospel teaches us that with faith, trust, humility and fortitude, all things are possible with God. She, a pagan and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 15:21-28 Jesus left Gennesaret and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And suddenly out came a Canaanite woman from that district and started shouting, ‘Lord, Son of David, take pity on me. My daughter is tormented by a devil.’ But he said not a word in answer to her.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Humility – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the Canaanite widow begged Jesus to cure her daughter who is “tormented by a devil”. Jesus responded to her pleas, as she was deeply humble in her request. Ponder on, “Like the ‘widow,’ do we seek Jesus with humility when…