Lord, help me to be faithful to Your teachings22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 6th September 2025Col 1:21-23; Ps 53 (54):3-4, 6, 8; Lk6:l-5 (Ps WkII) According to the letter to the Colossians, Christ was the image of God and through Him, all things were created, sustained, and redeemed. In today's Colossians reading, Paul…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Son of Man – Sabbath” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ disciples were picking corn that was against the Sabbath Laws of Moses. When questioned, Jesus asserted that they do not obey the Mosaic Laws superficially and blindly. Ponder on, “All our religious rituals are deep…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:1-5 One Sabbath Jesus was walking through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath day?’ Jesus answered them, ‘So you have not read what…
ST TERESA OF KOLKATA, Religious, pray for us22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 5th September 2025Col 1:15-20; Ps 99 (100):2-5; LkS:33-39 (Ps Wk:II) The hymnal tone of praising God by Paul in his introductory exhortation to the Colossian, is an epitome of Jesus Christ as the focal point of reference for Christians to find…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:33-38 The Pharisees and the scribes said to Jesus, ‘John's disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees, too, but yours go on eating and drinking.’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely you cannot make the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them? But the time…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Gospel of Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the primacy of the Gospel of Salvation through Him, as the Messiah. The Old Testament prophesies to; the new Testament; that fulfils it. Ponder on, “The foundational criteria of living a life of ‘holiness’ is to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Humble Trust in Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Peter responded with great humility and deep faith in Jesus; when he went out again, to fish; even though he had fished the whole night and did not catch any fish. Ponder on, “Do we allow our…
A "yes" to Jesus is a lifetime of grace lavishly given to do the impossible 22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 4th September 2025Col 1:9-14; Ps 97 (98):2-6; LkS:1-11 (PsWkII) The calling of the first disciples of Jesus reminds us that it was not just their fishing boats (and father Zebedee) that they dispossessed;…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:4b-11 Jesus said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ Simon replied, ‘Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done this they netted such a…
ST GREGORY THE GREAT, Pope & Doctor, pray for us22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 3rd September 2025Col 1:1-8; Ps 51 (52):10-11; Lk 4:38-44 (Ps Wk II) The Word of God had indeed borne fruit in the community of the Colossians. They believed the promise of the Gospel, and Paul noted that they were…