Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:25-27 Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God’s Revelation: In today’s Gospel, Jesus thanked His Father in prayer, for revealing the Divine Truth to “mere children”; i.e. believers with the humility and sincerity to know, love and serve Him. This is in contrast to the “learned and clever”; i.e. the scribes and Pharisees,…
Lord, help me to listen to your voice to change my ways to grow closer to you15th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 13th July 2021Ex. 2:1-15; Ps. 68:3,14,30-31,33-34 Mt. 11:20-24 (Ps Wk III) In Exodus, we read Moses’ birth and upbringing as a Hebrew boy by his mother in his own birth family. Even…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:20-24 Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked, because they refused to repent. ‘Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Refusal of Repentance: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reproached the towns of Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum for their refusal to repent from their sins. Ponder on, “Are we also guilty of refusing to turn to God and obey His Commandments? Do we justify our lukewarm faith, or immoral…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:34-40 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth: it is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God – First Love: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds His Twelve apostles, that the Good News of Salvation demands that we live His Father’s Will as our first love and the highest priority in our lives. This “dream of God” is real, and He will give us…
Lord, help me to focus on You and Your Kingdom15th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 12th July 2021Ex. 1:8-14,22; Ps. 123:1-3,4-6,7-8; Mt. 10:34--11:1 (Ps Wk III) Today’s Gospel passage poses a great challenge for our understanding of Jesus as Jesus seems to be contradicting what any Jew, or indeed any human being, would expect…
Lord, help me live for Your glory15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) : 11th July 2021Am. 7:12-15; Ps. 84:9,10,11-12,13-14; Eph. 1:3-14 (or 1:3-10); Mk. 6:7-13 (Ps Wk III) The disciples of Jesus had only the clothes on their backs, a staff and sandals on their feet when they were sent on mission by Jesus. They…
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, ‘Do…