DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Courage and Trust – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the blind man shouted out for Jesus with great courage and trust to heal him in spite of the crowd trying to prevent him from doing so. Jesus healed him. Ponder on, “Is our courage and trust in…
St Albert the Great, bishop & doctor33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 15th November 20211 Mac. 1:10-15,41-4354-57,62-64; Ps. 118:53,61,134,150,155,158; Lk. 18:35-43 (Ps. Wk. I) To make an alliance with the Gentile nations surrounding Israel seemed to some people to be a politically desirable way of proceeding to enhance the nation’s prospects. But they…
Fifth World Day of the Poor 33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 14th November 2021Dan. 12:1-3; Ps. 15:5,8,9-10,11; Heb. 10:11-14,18; Mk. 13:24-32 (Ps. Wk. I) Many people lose heart in the face of so much evil, injustice and negativity. Their efforts to be faithful and to do good may seem useless, naïve, and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Father’s Will and Ways: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds His disciples that His Father’s Will and Ways of the Second Coming is only known to Him alone. We are called to remain vigilant in obeying His Will, through the His Holy Spirit who will enlighten us. …
Daily Word Of GodMark 13:28-32 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. So with you when you see these things happening: know that he is near, at the very gates. I tell…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town,’ he said, ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for men. In the same town there was also a widow who kept on coming to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Prayer – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciple of the importance of praying continually and with the certainty that God never fails to see to our needs. This is because God’s Love for us is infinite Mercy, Compassion and Justice. Ponder on, “If…
Lord, help us to stay faithful to You32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 13th November 2021Wis. 18:14-16; 19:6-9; Ps. 104:2-3,36-37, 42-43; Lk. 18:1-8 (Ps. Wk. IV) The Wisdom of Solomon contrasted the evil of the Egyptians, who had killed the infants of the Israelites in the Nile River, with the miraculous rescue of…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:31b-35, 37 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When that day comes, anyone on the housetop, with his possessions in the house, must not come down to collect them, nor must anyone in the fields turn back either. Remember Lot's wife. Anyone who tries to preserve his life will lose it; and…
St Josaphat, bishop & martyr32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 12th November 2021Wis. 7:22—8:1; Ps. 118:89,90,91,130, 135,175; Lk. 17:20-25 (Ps. Wk. IV) The Book of Wisdom may seem a little unfair when it declares that “all men were foolish who were ignorant of God”. And St Paul, in Chapter 1 of Romans, says…