DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sinner’s humility” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the Parable of “The Pharisee and Publican” to challenge the self-righteous Jews to be more humble. Ponder on, “Do we repent of our sins, and seek God’s Merciful Love and His Forgiveness with humility or are we…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 18:9-14 Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else, ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that…
Lord, may I genuinely love and serve You3rd Week of Lent : Saturday 18th March 2023Hos. 5:15—6:6; Ps. 50:3-4,18-21; Lk. 18:9-14 (Ps. Wk. III) The prophet Hosea says that the people of Israel use lovely words in prayer and offer bountiful sacrifices and holocausts to convince God they are obedient to Him. Hosea bluntly points…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Greatest Commandment”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to the scribes that “the first and greatest Commandment is to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind and strength. . .” Ponder on, “Loving God is the most important Commandment because, when we love God deeply, we…
Daily Word Of GodMark 12:28b-34 One of the scribes put a question to Jesus, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one, only Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,…
Lord, help me to love others like You love3rd Week of Lent : Friday 17th March 2023Hos. 14:2-10; Ps. 80:6,8-11,14,17; Mk. 12:28-34 (Ps. Wk. III) Hosea acted as an intermediary between God and Israel. The people of Israel were willing to repent, lay aside their idols, and cease their infidelities. But would God accept their…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Blindness in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the blind man, but the Jews condemned Him for using the devil’s power to perform the miracle. Ponder on, “When a person is against God, his spiritual blindness is very often due to his obstinate pride of refusing…
Lord, help us shake off all our sins and make ourselves a new heart and spirit (Ezekiel 18:31).3rd Week of Lent : Thursday 16th March 2023Jer. 7:23-28; Ps. 95:1-2,6-9; Lk. 11:14-23 (Ps. Wk. III) Jeremiah was a prophet called by God to bring God’s Word to a sinful Judah (the southern kingdom). He served faithfully…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 11:14-20, 23 Jesus was driving out a devil and it was dumb; and it happened that when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed. But some of them said, ‘It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he drives devils out.’ Others asked…
We are called to love God, others and self.3rd Week of Lent : Wednesday 15th March 2023Deut. 4:1,5-9; Ps. 147:12-13,15-16,19-20; Mt. 5:17-19 (Ps. Wk. III) How do I view the law? Is it a heavy set of obligations? Is the law ancient and irrelevant? Does the law apply to my daily life? Laws given by…