St Martin of Tours, Bishop32nd Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 11th November 2020Tit. 3:1-7; Ps. 22:1-4,5,6; Lk. 17:11-19 (Ps Wk IV) Titus was one of Paul’s convert. He had worked briefly with St Paul in Crete. The epistle, among other concerns, gave instructions to the Cretan believers, about faith and conduct. As they read…
St Leo the Great, pope & doctor32nd Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 10th November 2020Tit. 2:1-8,11-14; Ps. 36:3-4,18,23,27,29; Lk. 17:7-10 (Ps Wk IV) The letter to Timothy is filled with descriptions of 'correct' behaviour. Some of it might not fit in with the way we think today. Wives are not necessarily submissive to their…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Disciples of Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to His disciples and us that we are all called to “serve” God as selflessly, faithfully and vigilantly as He has shown us; even if we are to suffer and die for it. Ponder on, “How Christ-like are…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:7-10 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your meal at once”? Would he not be more likely to say, “Get my supper ready; fasten your belt and wait on…
Lord, help those who are lost... to return back to youThe Dedication of the Lateran Basilica : Monday 9th November 2020Ex. 47:1-2,8-9,12 or 1 Cor. 8;9-11,16-17; Ps. 45:2-3,5-6,8-9; Jn. 2:13-22 (Ps Wk IV) In the case of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope has his own Cathedral Church which is thus the chief church of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith Alive: In today’s Gospel Jesus was furious at the money changers who were selling and cheating in the Temple; a sacred place of worship to His Father. In worship, we praise and glorify God and sanctify the sacred place with our prayers, hymns, rites and…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 2:13-19 When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there. Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 25:1-6, 8-9, 13 Jesus told this parable to his disciples: ‘Then the kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil…
Lord, help those who are lost... to return back to you32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) : 8th November 2020Wis. 6:12-16; Ps. 62:2-4,5-6,7-8; 1 Thess. 4:13-18 (or 13-14); Mt. 25:1-13 (Ps Wk IV) If we use what the New Testament says about Jesus as a key to understanding the deepest meaning of the Old Testament,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Vigilance in Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ Parable of the “Bridegroom Attendants” reminds us to live our faith with greater vigilance. We are not to take our relationship with God for granted. When we love God deeply, our conscience will be more delicate, our mercy and…