Jesus says: Only one commandment “Love one another as I have loved you.” All other laws take second place30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 29th October 2021Rom. 9:1-5; Ps. 147:12-13,14-15,19-20; Lk. 14:1-6 (Ps Wk II) Jesus has accepted an invitation to eat in the house of a leading Pharisee on a Sabbath. Jesus…
Feast of Ss Simon and Jude, Apostles30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 28th October 2021Eph. 2:19-22; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Lk. 6:12-19 (Psalter proper or feast) Do you recognise yourself in today’s first reading? Even though Paul was writing to the Church in Ephesus, he also had the wider Church in mind. We can consider…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:12-13, 17-19 Jesus went out into the hills to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostle’: He then came down with them and stopped at a piece of level ground…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Gospel of Salvation: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of Salvation, that begins now, while we are on earth. When we believe and trust in the Lord, as our Saviour, He will bring deep peace into our lives, heal us physically, emotionally and spiritually. And…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Challenges of Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed our need to embrace the challenges of living the Gospel, when He said, “Try your best to enter by the narrow door . . .” Ponder on, “Are we discouraged when our faith challenges us to ‘die to…
Lord, help us with self-discipline and self-denial so as to enter the Kingdom of God through the narrow door30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 27th October 2021Rom. 8:26-30; Ps. 12:4-5,6; Lk. 13:22-30 (Ps Wk II) Today’s Gospel reading spells out what is required for one to enter the Kingdom of God. Jesus tells…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 13:22-27, 30 Through towns and villages Jesus went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, ‘Sir, will there be only a few saved?’ He said to them, ‘Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Kingdom of God”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus compared the “Kingdom of God” to be like a mustard seed that grew into a huge tree that provides shelter for all kinds of birds. Ponder on, “God’s Spirit within our hearts is longing for us to grow with…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 13:18-21 Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with? It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.’ Another thing he said,…
Lord, help me not to be discouraged by the world’s suffering30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 26th October 2021Rom. 8:18-25; Ps. 125:1-3,4-5,6; Lk. 13:18-21 (Ps Wk II) We usually think of redemption or salvation only in human terms. Paul tells us that we are part of creation, and all creation was groaning with…