DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Hypocrisy – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees want to trap Jesus with questions on paying taxes to Caesar. Their hypocrisy was to create animosity between Jesus and the Roman authorities. Ponder on, “As sinners we live our faith imperfectly. However, living our faith hypocritically is…
St Boniface, bishop and martyr, Pray for us9th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 5th June 2023Tob. 1:3; 2:1-8; Ps. 111:1-6; Mk. 12:1-12 (Ps. Wk. I) Tobit was a generous and kind-hearted man. He wouldn’t think of enjoying his Pentecost feast without inviting a poor man to dine with him. When his son discovered one…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:1-3,5b-9 Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes and the elders in parables, ‘A man planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug out a trough for the winepress and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad. When the time came, he sent…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Presumptuous Faith: In today’s Gospel, the tenants became presumptuous; and this led them to cease the harvest unjustly from the landlord, and even murdered his son. Ponder on, “When we take God’s abundant blessings for granted, we may become unjust and destructive, like the ‘tenants’; and…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 3:16-18 Jesus said to Nicodemus: ‘God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. ‘For God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but so that through him the…
Ss Charles Lwanga & Comps. martyrs, Pray for usTHE MOST HOLY TRINITY (A) : Trinity Sunday 4th June 2023Ex. 34:4-6,8-9; (R. Ps.) Dan3:52-56; 2 Cor. 13:11-13; Jn. 3:16-18 (Ps. Wk. I) Making the sign of the cross is probably the first thing a child learns from the parent or caregiver at the start of a…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith in Jesus as Saviour: In today’s Gospel, Jesus assured Nicodemus, “No one who believes in Him will be condemned but, those who refuses to believe are condemned already.” Ponder on, “Do we have faith in Jesus as our Saviour and Lord? If so, are we…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Challenging Jesus: The chief priests, scribes and elders challenged Jesus’ authority for expelling money changers from the Temple. Ponder on, “When we try to ‘challenge’ the Truth and Authority of Jesus and the Church. . . we will surely not find the deep peace, fulfillment and Joy…
Ss Charles Lwanga & Comps. martyrs, Pray for us8th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 3rd June 2023Sir. 51:12-20; Ps. 18:8-11; Mk. 11:27-33 (Ps. Wk. IV) To answer a question with another question is a smart move on the part of Jesus. He knows that the chief priests, scribes, and elders are trying to trap…
Daily Word Of GodMark 11:27-33 Jesus and his disciples came to Jerusalem, and as Jesus was walking in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, and they said to him, ‘What authority have you for acting like this? Or who gave you authority to act like this?’ Jesus…