Lord, “I have sought You with all my heart; let me not stray from Your commands.”4th Week in Ordinary Time (II) : Saturday 7th February 20261 Kgs 3:4-13; Ps 118 (119):9-14; Mk 6:30-34 (Ps Wk IV) In the first reading, King Solomon recognised he was too young to govern God’s numerous people when he assumed…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Clamouring for Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, great crowds were clamouring for Jesus’ Divine Wisdom of the Truth of Salvation; and His Divine Power to perform miraculous cures. Ponder on, “Do we value our faith and practice it fervently, or do we take God’s abundant…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:30-34 The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. And he said to them, ‘Come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while’; for there were so many coming and going that there was no time for them even to eat.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “The Power of Evil” – Faith: Herodias’ fury at John the Baptist; for pointing out her sin of adultery with King Herod; schemed to kill him. In her evil revenge, she chose to kill John, instead of inheriting half the wealth of king Herod. Ponder on,…
SS. PAUL MIKI AND COMPANIONS, Martyrs, pray for us4th Week in Ordinary Time (II) : Friday 6th February 2026Ecclus 47:2-13; Ps 17 (18):31, 47, 50-51; Mk 6:14-29 (Ps Wk IV) Herod the Tetrarch was the son of Herod the Great, who was king when Jesus was born. The text tells us that this Herod had…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:17-20a, 21-23, 25b-27 Herod had sent to have John arrested, and had had him chained up in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife whom he had married. For John had told Herod, ‘It is against the law for you to have your brother's wife.’ As for Herodias, she was…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Apostles – Evangelization”: Jesus commissioned His Twelve apostles to proclaim the Good News of Salvation to all peoples. They were to evangelise and bring “God’s Peace”; with total dependence on His Providence, Power and Wisdom. Ponder on, “If we also witness the Good News with such…
ST AGATHA, Virgin & Martyr, pray for us4th Week in Ordinary Time (II) : Thursday 5th February 20261 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12; (Rs Ps) 1 Chr 29:10-12; Mk 6:7-13 (Ps Wk IV) Though the word ‘authority’ often suggests coercive power and suppression of individual freedom, its origin from the Latin ‘augere’ means ‘to grow.’ A person…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:7-13 Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs, giving them authority over unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff -- no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses. They were to wear sandals but, he added, ‘Don't…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:1-6 Jesus went to his home town, and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, ‘Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted…