Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:20-26 Fixing his eyes on his disciples Jesus said: ‘How blessed are you who are poor: the kingdom of God is yours. ‘Blessed are you who are hungry now: you shall have your fill. ‘Blessed are you who are weeping now: you shall laugh. ‘Blessed are you when people hate you,…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:12b-19 Jesus went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James…
ST PETER CLAVER, Priest, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 9th September 2025Col 2:6-15; Ps 144 (145):1-2, 8-11; Lk6:12-19 (Ps WkIII) The Colossians were being distracted by several philosophical movements which proposed that the universe was controlled by various angelic beings, 'principalities and powers,' who controlled not only the physical universe, but…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Plan of Salvation” – Faith: Jesus discerned His Father’s Will before choosing His Apostles. He also revealed God’s Compassionate Love in curing the sick. Ponder on, “Our greatest suffering: is deeper than our physical (e.g. illness), and our emotions (e.g. hurts, depression), it is our…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 1:18-23 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to…
Mother Mary, pray for usNativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary : Monday 8th September 2025Mic 5:1-4 or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 12 (13):6-7; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 (or 18-23) (PsProp) The nativity of Mary marks a turning point in salvation history-a quiet birth that sets the stage for the Incarnation. Though Scripture is reserved in detail about…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Providence” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, we reflect on the events of how the Messiah, “Jesus”; came to be born of Mary, through God’s Providence. Ponder on, “Our birth and living with our family; all happened in accordance to God’s Providence. They are all God’s…
'You, Lord, have been our refuge, age after age23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 7th September 2025Wis 9:13-18; Ps 89 (90):3-6, 12-14, 17 Phm 1:9-10, 12-17; Lk 14:25-33 (Ps WkIII) The Book of Wisdom lays bare our human struggle - how often we wear ourselves out, trying to reach God on our own terms.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Loving God and Others” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that the Gospel of Salvation, demands our total and selfless commitment, to live God our Father’s Will. This demands that as Jesus’ disciples, we are to carry our “crosses”. Ponder on, “Are we loving God…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 14:25-28, 31, 33 Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. No one who does not carry his cross and come after…