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…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Excessive and Impulsive”: In today’s Gospel, Herodias’ daughter so delighted King Herod by her dance that he promised to give her anything she asked, even half of his kingdom. Ponder on, “When we live excessively and impulsively, we are clearly not living a discerned life of…
St Blaise, bishop & martyr; St Ansgar, bishop4th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 4th February 2022Sir. 47:2-13; Ps. 17:31,47,50,51; Mk. 6:14-29 (Ps Wk IV) God chose King David while he was still a youth. David killed Goliath, not by his own strength but by the power given to him by God after he had…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:18-20a, 21-25a, 26-27 John had told Herod, ‘It is against the law for you to have your brother's wife.’ As for Herodias, she was furious with him and wanted to kill him, but she was not able to do so, because Herod was afraid of John, knowing him to be a…
St Blaise, bishop & martyr; St Ansgar, bishop4th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 3rd February 20221 Kgs. 2:1-4,10-12; (R. Ps.) 1 Chr. 29:10,11-12; Mk.6:7-13 (Ps Wk IV) In today's first reading from the Book of Kings, we have the touching story of David as his life draws to a close, giving his last instructions…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:7-13 Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs, giving them authority over unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff -- no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses. They were to wear sandals but, he added, ‘Don't…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Disciples of Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Jesus commissioned His disciples to proclaim the Good News of Salvation, in the Ways that He has shown and taught them, in His ministries. Ponder on, “Do we wish to serve and witness to the Good News, on our own…