St Jerome Emiliani; St Josephine Bakhita, virgin 5th Week in Ordainary Time (C) : Tuesday 8th February 20221 Kgs. 8:1-7,9-13; Ps. 131:6-7,8-10; Mk. 6:53-56 (Ps Wk I) In the first reading, King Solomon offered sacrifices before the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark represented the presence of God in His new home. The joy and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Compassionate Love: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the sick out of His deep Compassion and Love for them. Ponder on, “Jesus also loves each one of us deeply and compassionately. Do we bring our needs to Jesus with a sincere love for Him, and not…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:53-56 Having made the crossing, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up. No sooner had they steppedout of the boat than people recognised him, and started hurrying all through the countryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he…
Lord, I am unworthy, but use me as You will5th Week in Ordainary Time (C) : Monday 7th February 20221 Kgs. 8:1-7,9-13; Ps. 131:6-7,8-10; Mk. 6:53-56 (Ps Wk I) In the first reading, King Solomon offered sacrifices before the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark represented the presence of God in His new home. The…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:1a, 2a, 3-9, 10b Jesus was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, when he caught sight of two boats close to the bank. He got into one of the boats -- it was Simon's -- and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Authority: In today’s Gospel, Peter obeyed Jesus’ instructions to go out into the deep waters for a catch of fish, even though they had not caught any fish the whole night. Ponder on, “When God’s Spirit touches our hearts in situations that we do not…
Lord, I am unworthy, but use me as You will5th Sunday in Ordainary Time (C) : 6th February 2022Is. 6:1-2,3-8; Ps. 137:1-3,4-5,7-8; 1 Cor. 15:1-11 (or 15:3-8,11) Lk. 5:1-11 (Ps Wk I) If a common message runs through the Scripture readings today, it is the irony that God chooses those people deemed unworthy for His…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Serving God’s People: In today’s Gospel, Jesus instructed His disciples to go to a lonely place to have some rest from the crowd that were clamouring for Him, and the Good News. Ponder on, “Serving God selflessly is a virtue, but wisdom is serving with a…
St Agatha, virgin & martyr4th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 5th February 2022I Kgs. 3:4-13; Ps. 118:9,10,11,12,13,14; Mk. 6:30-34 (Ps Wk IV) Today’s Gospel passage is a prelude to the ‘Multiplication of the Loaves’. It includes the following: i) Jesus’ invitation to the Apostles to rest in a lonely place by themselves (vs 30-31)…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:30-34 The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. Then he said to them, ‘You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while’; for there were so many coming and going that the apostles had no time even to…