DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Serving God’s Kingdom”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus commissioned seventy-two disciples to spread God’s Peace and Salvation to all towns and villages. They are to serve in poverty, expect painful challenges, and cure the sick in His Name. Ponder on, “What sacrifices are we willing to make…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Paul’s Conversion – Faith: In today’s celebration of St Paul’s conversion, we are reminded that, with God’s Mercy, there are no sinners whose sins are so great that they cannot be converted. Ponder on, “Do not give up hope on any persons, who have turned away…
Daily Word Of GodMark 16:15-18 Jesus showed himself to the Eleven and said to them, ‘Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. ‘These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name…
St Francis de Sales, Bishop and doctorTHE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE : Wednesday 25th January 2023Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps. 116:1,2; Mk. 16:15-18 (Ps. Wk. III) The passage from Acts of the Apostles is the first of several apologetic or defence speeches for Paul’s missionary work among the Jews. Having been brought…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:31-35 The mother and brothers of Jesus arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him. A crowd was sitting round him at the time the message was passed to him, ‘Look, your mother and brothers and sisters are outside asking for you.’ He replied, ‘Who are my mother…
St Francis de Sales, Bishop and doctor3rd Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday 24th January 2023Heb.10:1-10; Ps. 39:2 and 4ab,7-8a,10,11; Mk. 3:31-35 (Ps. Wk. III) In the religions of the ancient world, animal sacrifices were a regular and accepted part of divine worship. It was at the centre of Israel’s worship, but the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Divine Mystery: In today’s Gospel, while Jesus was Teaching, His mother came to look for Him. He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who do the Will of God. In saying this, Jesus revealed His identity as the Messiah, but many still reject Him. Ponder…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:22-30 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, ‘Beelzebul is in him,’ and, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he drives devils out.’ So Jesus called them to him and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided…
Lord, protect me from all evil3rd Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Monday 23rd January 2023Is. 8:23b—9:3; Ps. 26:1,4,13-14; 1 Cor. 1:10-13,17; Mk. 4:12-23 (Ps. Wk. III) Jesus allows Himself to be criticised by those who do not understand Him. In His time many Pharisees of good faith and the teachers of the law…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sin - Holy Spirit”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to the scribes that the sin against the Holy Spirit cannot be forgiven. Ponder on, “All sins can be forgiven, if we repent. However, God cannot “force us to repent”. He respects our freedom when we refuse…