The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 9th November 2021Ex. 47:1-2,8-9,12 or 1 Cor. 8;9-11,16-17; Ps. 45:2-3,5-6,8-9; Jn. 2:13-22 (Ps. Wk. IV) We are God’s people. Our stronghold is God, who is our refuge and strength. Ezekiel imagined God’s Temple as the source of a life-giving river. The river…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Forgiveness” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds His disciples always to forgive those who have wronged us. Jesus added that even if our faith is the “size of a mustard seed,” God will never fail to give us the strength and wisdom to live His…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:1-6 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Obstacles are sure to come, but alas for the one who provides them! It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone round the neck than that he should lead astray a single one of these little ones. Watch …
Lord, increase my faith and fill me with Your wisdom32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 8th November 2021Wis.1:1-7; Ps. 138:1-3,4-6,7-8,9-10; Lk. 17:1-6 (Ps. Wk. IV) Whether it is due to financial dishonesty, sexual abuse or some other wrongdoing, the scandal has hurt the Church deeply. Jesus knew that scandal could harm people and…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:41-44 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, ‘I…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Generosity” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed through the Parable of the “Widow’s Mite” that true “generosity” is measured by the extent to which one is willing to share, in proportion to the total wealth one possesses. Ponder on, “How grateful are we to God and…
Lord, help me to be Your living witnesses wherever I am32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 7th November 20211 Kgs. 17:10-16; Ps. 145:6-7,8-10; Heb. 9:24-28; Mk. 12:38-44 (or 41-44) (Ps. Wk. IV) We are challenged by what Jesus said in today’s Gospel reading: “The wealthy gave out of their abundance. The widow put…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Integrity – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples to have “integrity” in all “small and big” things in life. For this Jesus cautioned that the attractions of “money” can develop into greed and eventually becoming a slave to it. Sadly, this can destroy…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 16:9-13 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into the tents of eternity. The man who can be trusted in little things can be trusted in…
Lord, grant me the grace to love You without any motive of self-interest 31st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 6th November 2021Rom. 16:3-9; 16:22-27; Ps. 144:2-3,4-5, 10-11; Lk. 16:9-15 (Ps. Wk. III) “… it appears to me, that a soul which, though not in a state of mortal sin, is worldly and preoccupied…