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…
Ss Marcellinus & Peter, martyrs, Pray for us8th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 2nd June 2023Sir. 44:1,9-13; Ps. 149:1-6,9; Mk. 11:11-25 (Ps. Wk. IV) In Today's Gospel reading, Mark combined two incidents: the cursing of the fig tree and the cleansing of the Temple. Both are prophetic actions, serving as symbolic signs of God’s warning…
Daily Word Of GodMark 11:12-14,20-24 As the Jesus and the Twelve were leaving Bethany, he felt hungry. Seeing a fig tree in leaf some distance away, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it, but when he came up to it he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith in God: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed, “Have faith in God . . . with no hesitation in your heart . . . and everything you ask and pray for; believe that you have it already, and it will be yours.” Ponder on, “These words of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Bartimeus - Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Bartimaeus, the blind man had great courage to defy the crowd who tried to stop him from shouting for Jesus. Jesus heard him, and healed him. Ponder on, “Is our faith deep enough to defy the negative challenges of the secular…
St Justin, martyr, Pray for us8th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 1st June 2023Sir. 42:15-25; Ps. 32:2-9; Mt. 10:46-52 (Ps. Wk. IV) Many people of our time have lost the ability to wonder at God’s creation. Sirach had no such problem – he marveled at the intricacy and harmony of the universe and how…
Daily Word Of GodMark 10:46-52 As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (that is, the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting at the side of the road. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and to say, ‘Son of David, Jesus,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Fidelity to Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus assures Peter, “In Truth I tell you, there is no one who has left home and faced persecutions for the sake of the Gospel, who will not receive a hundred times as much; in this present time and eternal life.” …
Daily Word Of GodLuke 1:39-47,56 Mary set out and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country of Judah. She went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth. Now as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She…