Lord, grant me the grace to live a life based on your righteousness. 3rd Week of Lent : Wednesday 10th March 2021Deut. 4:1,5-9; Ps. 147:12-13,15-16,19-20; Mt. 5:17-19 (Ps Wk III) People generally do not like rules and regulations, and sometimes for good reasons. But the teachings given to us by God are for our benefit…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 18:21-25a, 27-28a, 29-30, 32-33 Peter went up to Jesus and said, ‘Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times. ‘And so the kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who…
God’s forgiveness is limitless3rd Week of Lent : Tuesday 9th March 2021Dan. 3:25,34-43; Ps. 24:4-5,6,7,8-9; Mt. 18:21-35 (Ps Wk III) Our ‘debt’ to the Father is immeasurable compared to our neighbour’s ‘debt’ to us. This lesson that the parable offers us is of great importance for our Christian life. For, it is in forgiving others…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Forgiveness: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that we are to forgive “seventy-seven times.” This is God’s unconditional Mercy for us. Ponder on, “Is God urging you to forgive and not bear grudges? Grudges can lead to gossips, anger and pride which can destroy the peace that…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:24-30 Jesus came to Nazara and spoke to the people in the synagogue: ‘I tell you solemnly, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country. ‘There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah's day, when heaven remained shut for three years and six months and a…
Pride obstructs the work of God in our lives. Lord, help me to be humble.3rd Week of Lent : Monday 8th March 20212 Kgs. 5:1-15; Ps. 41:2,3; Ps. 42:3,4; Lk. 4:24-30 (Ps Wk III) In the Gospel, the people in the synagogue are angry at Jesus. Jesus has just reminded them of God’s assistance to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Good News - Rejection: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that there will be no miraculous cures for those who obstinately reject the Good News. Hearing this truth, the crowd tried to kill Jesus. This episode is symbolic of today’s secular world of atheism and materialism that…
What pleases God is a loving heart totally surrendered in worship of Him3rd Sunday of Lent (B) : 7th March 2021Ex. 20:1-17; Ps. 18:8,9,10,11; 1 Cor. 1:22-25; Jn. 2:13-25 (Ps Wk III) “My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations.” In the gospel reading, we see Jesus’ anger in the Temple.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sacred Temple”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus expelled the money changers in the Temple; as they were desecrating the sacred place of worship through cheating of the poor. The places of worship and our hearts, which are “Temples of the Holy Spirit”. They are both inseparably “sacred”. …
Daily Word Of GodJohn 2:13-16, 18-22 Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and…