DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith – “Hypocrisy”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the Pharisees and scribes for being hypocrites. As such, their “reverence” for Him is worthless. Is our love for Jesus hypocritical: i.e. superficial and deceiving as our true motive is for our self-gain and glory? If so, our…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:53-56 Having made the crossing, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up. No sooner had they stepped out of the boat than people recognised him, and started hurrying all through the countryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard he was. And wherever…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Crowds’ Faith in Jesus: In today’s Gospel, great crowds were clamouring for Jesus to cure them. Ponder on, “Do we also ‘clamour’ for Jesus because we need to be healed or want our problems solved, hurts wiped away . . .?” More importantly, do we also…
St Josephine Bakhita, virgin5th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 8th February 2021Gen. 1:1-19; Ps. 103:1-2,5-6,10,12,24,35; Mk. 6:53-56 (Ps Wk I) Today’s first reading comes from the first page of the Bible. It describes the creation of the world. This account is written in the tradition known as Priestly. The style is quite formal…
Daily Word Of GodMark 1:32-39 At evening, after sunset, they brought to Jesus all who were sick and those who were possessed by devils. The whole town came crowding round the door, and he cured many who were suffering from diseases of one kind or another; he also cast out many devils, but he would…
Life on earth will pass because our life is but a breath (Job 7:7).5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) : 7th February 2021Job. 7:1-4,6-7; Ps. 146:1-2,3-4,5-6; 1 Cor. 9:16-19,22-23; Mk. 1:29-39 (Ps Wk I) In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus in Capernaum, busy with his ministry by listening to those in need of Liberation. He…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Evangelisation: In today’s Gospel, even as great crowds were clamouring for Jesus He moved on to other neighbouring country towns to proclaim the Good News of Salvation. As we have received the gift of faith, we are also responsible to spread and witness its Truth to…
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, Union in Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus and His apostles withdrew from the crowd to be by themselves, after a very hectic day of serving them. Ponder on, “The need to build the community of our family and friends, on the faith we have in Jesus…
Ss Paul Miki & Comps. Martyrs4th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 6th February 2021Heb. 13:15-17,20-21; Ps. 22:1-4,5,6; Mk. 6:30-34 (Ps Wk IV) Today we come to the end of the Letter to the Hebrews. The writer urges the community to live in faithfulness and peace, with Christ as the centre. We Christians live…