Lord, help me to reflect on your life and follow you21st Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 30th August 20231 Thess. 2: 9-13; Ps. 138:7-12; Mt.23:27-32 (Ps. Wk. I) Paul expressed a pastoral and parental concern for the people in the Church at Thessalonica. He reminded them that he had worked to pay his own…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 23:27-32 Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption. In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you…
The Passion of St John the Baptist21st Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 29th August 2023Jer. 1:17-19; Ps. 70:1-2,3-4a,5-6ab,15ab and 17; Mk. 6:17-29 (Ps. Wk. I) A strange fact about humans is that we are haunted by both sin and goodness. Herod was an odd mixture. He feared and respected John at the same time.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Paul’s Martyrdom” – Faith: In today’s Gospel episode the revengeful Herodias, demanded the beheading of John the Baptist, and rejected the wealth of “half the kingdom” of king Herod. Ponder on, “Do we have deep hurts that we still harbour and even desire to seek revenge? …
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:22-28 When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she delighted Herod and his guests; so the king said to the girl, ‘Ask me anything you like and I will give it you.’ And he swore her an oath, ‘I will give you anything you ask, even half my kingdom.’…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 23:13-15 Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut up the kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go in who want to. These are the men who devour the property of widows and for show offer long prayers. The…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Hypocritical Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus exposed the evil ways in which the scribes and Pharisees live their faith. Their hypocrisy had destroyed the faith and lives of many people. Ponder on, “Are we aware of the heavy responsibilities that come from God’s abundant blessings of…
St Augustine, bishop & doctor, pray for us21st Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 28th August 20231Thess. 1:1-5,8-10; Ps. 149:1-6,9; Mt. 23:13-22 (Ps. Wk. I) The most convincing proof of the power of the Holy Spirit is how it transforms lives and builds community. Paul was delighted with the Thessalonian community – they had turned…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God’s Mercy – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Peter filled with the Holy Spirit, proclaimed Jesus as, “the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” Jesus appointed him, as the head of the apostles, and empowered them to forgive sins, in His Name. Ponder on, “Is our…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 16:13-20 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you…