Daily Word Of GodMark 9:2-9 Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain on their own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his clothes became dazzlingly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them. Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were…
Lord, hekp me to be strong in the face of temptations6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 19th February 2022Jm. 3:1-10; Ps. 11:2-3,4-5,7-8; Mk. 9:2-13 (Ps Wk II) Can we imagine a world without temptation? It would not be as easy as we might think. We would not know our inner strengths and weaknesses,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Transfiguration: In today’s Gospel, Jesus revealed His Divinity as Son of God through the transfiguration of His Being. The apostles Peter, James and John were specially chosen for this revelation. Ponder on, “How did God specially chose to touch your heart in certain situations of your…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Commitment – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed, “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Ponder on, “Do we wish to follow Jesus and yet, not willing to pay the price of…
Lord, make me Your instrument of self-sacrificial love6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 18th February 2022Jm. 2:14-24,26; Ps. 111:1-2,3-4,5-6; Mk. 8:34 —9:1 (Ps Wk II) The Gospel reading spells out the cost of Christian discipleship. Here the three conditions for discipleship include: i) ‘self-denial’ which is the ability to say ‘no’ to oneself…
Daily Word Of GodMark 8:34-38 Jesus called the people and his disciples to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for…
Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 17th February 2022Jm. 2:1-9; Ps. 33:2-3,4-5,6-7; Mk. 8:27-33 (Ps Wk II) The writer of the letter of James criticises the act of favouritism that some Christians naturally show to successful and influential people. He argues that such an attitude is wrong.…
Daily Word Of GodMark 8:27-33 Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him, ‘John the Baptist,’ they said ‘others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he asked them, ‘who…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Depth of Faith: In todays Gospel, Peter professed his faith in Jesus as, You are the Christ! He then objects that Jesus has to suffer and die. Ponder on, Is our faith, hope and love for Jesus, overcomed by our emotional experiences of fear, pain and…
Daily Word Of GodMark 8:22-26 Jesus and his disciples came to Bethsaida, and some people brought to him a blind man whom they begged him to touch. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Then, putting spittle on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked,…