St Fabian, Pope & martyr, and St Sebastian martyr 2nd Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Friday 20th January 2023Heb. 8:6-13; Ps. 84:8 and 10,11-12,13-14; Mk. 3:13-19 (Ps. Wk. II) The Letter to the Hebrews sees Jesus as fulfilling the promise in Jeremiah 32. God was going to establish a new covenant and write…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Pastoral Ministry: In today’s Gospel, great crowds were clamouring for Jesus who proclaimed the Good News of Salvation. He cured all kinds of sicknesses, and expelled evil spirits from the possessed. Ponder on, “When we go to Jesus for our needs, His Mercy and Compassion…
Lord, bless our priests. Grant them your grace to be You to your people2nd Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Thursday 19th January 2023Heb. 7:25—8:6; Ps. 39:7-8a,8b-9,10,17; Mk. 3:7.12 (Ps. Wk. II) We’re listening to these days’ readings from the Letter to the Hebrews, one of the most important books of the New Testament.…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:7-12 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and Transjordan and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had heard of all he was doing came to him. And he asked his disciples…
Jesus, help me to do good at all times2nd Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Wednesday 18th January 2023Heb. 7:1-3,15-17; Ps. 109:1,2,3,4; Mk. 3:1-6 (Ps. Wk. II) The passage from Hebrews describes the three main types of the priesthood as found in the Sacred Scriptures. First, there is the priesthood of Melchizedek, an ancient…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Compassionate God”: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees began to plot to kill Jesus, because He cured a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath. The cold hearted living of the Sabbath Laws, destroys God’s Compassionate Love and Mercy for His people. Ponder on, “Are we…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:1-6 Jesus went into the synagogue, and there was a man present whose hand was withered. And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something to charge him with. He said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Get up and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Church’s Laws” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees condemned Jesus for “picking ears of corn on the Sabbath”. Ponder on, “The Church’s regulations e.g. attending Mass on Sundays are to be lived out of our sincere love and devotion for God, and not rigidly and…
Daily Word Of GodMark 2:23-28 One Sabbath day Jesus was taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples began to make a path by plucking ears of corn. And the Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing something on the Sabbath day that is forbidden?’ And he replied, ‘Have you never read…
St Anthony, abbot2nd Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday 17th January 2023Heb. 6:10-20; Ps. 110:1-2,4-5,9 and 10c; Mk. 2:23-28 (Ps. Wk. II) People often disappoint us – perhaps they do not keep their promises or let us down. But God always keeps His promises. Thus, hope is born in our hearts and unites…