St Bridget of Sweden, Religious, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 23rd July 2025Ex 16:1-5, 9-15; Ps 77 (78):18-19, 23-28; Mt 13:1-9 (Ps Wk IV) It is clear for us that in the Parable of the Sower, the seed represents the Word of God, with Christ as the sower. The soil represents our…
ST MARY MAGDALENE, Apostle of the Apostles pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 22nd July 2025Song 3:1-4 or 2 Cor 5:14-17; Ps 62 (63):2-6, 8-9; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 (Ps Wk IV) Jesus has the power to change our lives. We see such a graced change in the life of St. Mary Magdalene. Originally,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Personal Love for Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, Mary of Magdala was deeply saddened and distressed when she found Jesus’ tomb empty; without His Body. Ponder on, “Mary loved Jesus personally and wanted to anoint His Body. Do we love Jesus personally like Mary? Do we try…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 20:11-16, 18 Mary was standing outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, as she wept, she stooped to look inside, and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet. They said, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ ‘They have…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 12:38-42 Some of the scribes and Pharisees spoke up. ‘Master,’ they said, ‘we should like to see a sign from you.’ Jesus replied, ‘It is an evil and unfaithful generation that asks for a sign! The only sign it will be given is the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Hypocritical Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the scribes and Pharisees asked Jesus for a miraculous sign. Jesus refused and reprimanded them for their insincerity and hypocrisy. Ponder on, “Do we live our faith with the sincerity of seeking and living God’s Will? God does not expect us…
St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest & Doctor, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 21st July 2025Ex 14:5-18; (R Ps) Ex 15:1-6; Mt 12:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) Both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures are filled with the ‘signs and wonders’ that God has wrought in human history. The Passover retells the story of the…
Thank you, Jesus, for the hope You give us by freeing us from idle worries16th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 20th July 2025Gen 18:1-10; Ps 14 (15): 2-5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) In the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Abba Apollos said: “‘We must venerate the brothers who come by. It…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Contemplatives-in-Action” – Faith: In today’s Gospel story of Martha and Mary, we are invited to live a discerning life of contemplating God’s Will and Ways; and putting them into action, in our daily living. Ponder on, “When we do good, we become a good person; but…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 10:38-42 Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to him speaking. Now Martha, who was distracted with all the serving, came to him and said, ‘Lord, do you…