St Peter Damian, bishop & doctor7th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday 21st February 2023Sir. 2:1-11; Ps. 36:3-4,18-19,27-28,39-40; Mk. 9:30-37 (Ps. Wk. III) Mark, in today’s Gospel begins with Jesus’ announcement of His Paschal Mystery to His disciples for the second time. Confronted with this ‘bad news’, the disciples did what we will…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Honour” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ disciple were arguing ‘who is the greatest’ amongst themselves. Jesus then responded, “If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.” Ponder on, “Pray for the grace to be more humble…
Daily Word Of GodMark 9:33-37 Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the road?’ They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of them was the greatest. So he sat down, called the Twelve to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Strong Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured a young man who had the evil spirit of dumbness that throws him into the fire and water. Ponder on, “When Jesus cured the boy, He said to the father, ‘everything is possible for one who has faith’. Is…
Daily Word Of GodMk 9:17-24 A man from the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Master, I have brought my son to you; there is a spirit of dumbness in him, and when it takes hold of him it throws him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and goes rigid.…
Lord, help me to be wise and faithful7th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Monday 20th February 2023Sir. 1:1-10; Ps. 92:1-2,5; Mk. 9:14-29 (Ps. Wk. III) All wisdom is from God. Wisdom is very different from knowledge. Knowledge is the accumulation of facts, but wisdom is the ability to discern or judge what is…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 5:39-39a,42-48 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You have heard how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. But I say this to you: offer no resistance to the wicked. Give to anyone who asks you, and if anyone wants to borrow, do not turn away. ‘You have heard…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Radical Christ-like Love” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples that to live the Good News of Salvation, the love we witness must be more “radical” than the Gentiles like, “love your enemies.” Ponder on, “Is my love for God significantly different from…
Lord, grant us the grace to live sincerely according to Your commandments of love7th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Sunday 19th February 2023Lev. 19:1-2,17-18; Ps. 102:1-4,8,10,12-13; 1 Cor. 3:16-23; Mt. 5:38-48 (Ps. Wk. III) Today's Gospel reading from the Sermon on the Mount divides neatly into two sections. The first section comments on…
Jesus Lord, may I live in You alone!6th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Saturday 18th February 2023Heb. 11:1-7; Ps. 144:2-5,10-11; Mk. 9:2-13 (Ps. Wk. II) The writer of the letter to the Hebrews presents a definition of faith. Then he gives a list of Old Testament figures whose lives illustrate some particular virtue…