DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Vigilance and Fidelity - Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to His disciples that they need to live their faith with great vigilance and deep fidelity. The Second Coming of Christ can come at any time. Ponder on, “Do we live our faith superficially or with vigilance…
St Martin of Tours, Bishop32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 11th November 2021Wis. 7:22—8:1; Ps. 118:89,90,91,130, 135,175; Lk. 17:20-25 (Ps. Wk. IV) In the passage from the first reading, we see the author laying out the personified qualities of Wisdom. Like individual colours that make up a painting, the twenty-one qualities described give…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Coming of the Kingdom”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cautions the Pharisees that the time of the “Coming of God’s Kingdom” will be unexpected. Ponder on, “Do we live our faith daily with vigilance, authenticity, asking God for His Mercy for our sins, and renewing our love…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:20-25 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, Jesus gave them this answer, ‘The coming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation and there will be no one to say, “Look here! Look there!” For you must know, the kingdom of God is…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Gratitude to God”: In today’s Gospel episode, Jesus cured ten lepers, but only the Samaritan, a non-Jew returned to thank Jesus; the others took the healing for granted. Ponder on, “Do we thank God each day? How do we show our gratitude to God for His Merciful…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:12-18 As Jesus entered one of the villages, ten men lepers came to meet him. They stood some way off and called to him, ‘Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.’ When he saw them he said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ Now as they were going away they were…
St Leo the Great, pope & doctor32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 10th November 2021Wis. 6:1-11; Ps. 81:3-4,6-7; Lk. 17:11-19 (Ps. Wk. IV) More will be required from those to whom much has been entrusted. Wisdom is very blunt: the leaders of nations and societies will be called by God to account for…
“Today salvation has come to this house” (Lk. 19:9)33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 16th November 20212 Mac. 6:18-31; Ps. 3:2-3,4-5,6-7; Lk. 19:1-10 (Ps. Wk. I) The story of Zacchaeus can serve as a parable of hope. His action of climbing the sycamore tree was, it seems, merely motivated by curiosity in wanting…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sacred Space” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was furious at the money changers who were cheating in the sacred space of the Temple. The Church where we gather as a community of believers is consecrated for the worship of God, and Jesus is Physically Present…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 2:13-22 Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered…