Daily Word Of GodMatthew 19:3-6 Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and to test him they said, ‘Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?’ He answered, ‘Have you not read that the creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said: This is why…
Ss Pontian, pope and Hippolytus, priest19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 13th August 2021Josh. 24:1-13; Ps. 135:1,2,3,16,17,18,21,22,24; Mt. 19:3-12 (Ps Wk III) Joshua was getting old. He wanted to make sure that Israel remained faithful to the covenant with God, so he gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. He reminded the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Forgiving Love: In todays Gospel, Jesus proclaims the Parable of the Merciful king who forgave the great debt of one of his servants. This is to reveal the infinite Forgiving Love of God our Father for all sinners who repent. Ponder on, True repentance is when…
St Jane Frances de Chantal, religious19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 12th August 2021Josh. 3:7-10,11,13-17; Ps. 113:1-2,3-4,5-6; Mt. 18:21—19:1 (Ps Wk III) As Joshua led the people across the Jordan on their journey to the Promised Land, so Jesus left Galilee (19:1) and went across the Jordan on his way to Jerusalem so…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 18:23-25a, 27-29a, 30b, 32-35 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle his accounts with his servants. When the reckoning began, they brought him a man who owed ten thousand talents; he had no means of paying. And the servant's…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If your brother does something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you: the evidence of…
Lord, help me be responsible and accountable in my daily living19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 11th August 2021Deut. 34:1-12; Ps. 65:1-3,5,16-17; Mt. 18:15-20 (Ps Wk III) A Christian does not belong to a club, group or organisation but the Body of Christ. It means that we are part of a community of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Union with Gods Will: In todays Gospel, Jesus urges His disciples to try to reconcile anyone who is dissenting and divisive in a community. For this, we are also to pray for the wisdom to do Gods Will. God will never fail to answer our prayers. …
Feast of St Lawrence, Deacon & martyr19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 10th August 20212 Cor.9:6-10; Ps. 111:1-2,5-6,7-8,9; Jn. 12:24-26 (Ps Wk III) Paul wrote to the Church at Corinth about taking up a collection for the Christians in Jerusalem for they were poor and needed financial help. He encouraged the Corinthians to…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 17:24-27 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you most solemnly, unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest. ‘Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world…