DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – Lord of our lives: In today’s Gospel, Jesus challenged the Pharisees to recognise the Truth of His Presence as the Messiah; which brings us Joy and Hope, and not gloom and doom. Ponder on, “Do we allow the Peace, Joy and Hope of Jesus…
The salvation of the just comes from the Lord22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 2nd September 20221 Cor. 4:1-5; Ps. 36:3-4,5-6,27-28,39-40; Lk. 5:33-39 (Ps Wk II) We continue our walk with St Luke’s account of Jesus from Chapter 4 to Chapter 5. The nascent beginning of His ministry in Galilee continues with His calling…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Good News of Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims the “new wine and new skins” of the Good News that offers Eternal Salvation”. Ponder on, “If we strongly believe in Jesus’ Good News, then our lives should be one of: joy and hope, as Jesus never…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:33-38 The Pharisees and the scribes said to Jesus, ‘John's disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees, too, but yours go on eating and drinking.’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely you cannot make the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them? But the time…
Lord, grant me Your wisdom22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 1st September 20221 Cor. 3:18-23; Ps. 23:1-2,3-4ab,5-6; Lk. 5:1-11 (Ps Wk II) There are two kinds of wisdom. Human wisdom is a collection of facts, information, misinformation, and opinion. It has created the dark and scary world in which we live, for it is…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:4b-11 Jesus said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ ‘Master’, Simon replied, ‘we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done this they netted such a…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Trust God”: In today’s Gospel, Peter obeyed and trusted Jesus fully, and had a miraculous huge catch of fish. Ponder on, “Is our trust in Jesus as deep as Peter’s? Do we have the “false hopes” of living a happy and long life through the “false…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:38-42a Leaving the synagogue Jesus went to Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Leaning over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to wait on them. At sunset…
Lord, create in me a pure heart22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 31st August 20221 Cor. 3:1-9; Ps. 32:12-13,14-15,20-21; Lk. 4:38-44 (Ps Wk II) Today Paul tries to heal the factionalism in the community of Corinth over allegiances – members of the community forming groups according to who brought them into the Church. The…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Cures and Expelled Demons” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured Peter’s mother-in-law and many others, and expelled many demons from the possessed. Ponder on, “When we develop a personal relationship with Jesus, we will be able to bring all our fears, illnesses and trials to…