DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Apostles – Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Jesus called the Twelve Apostles to serve as His closest disciples, for His Mission of evangelizing the Gospel of Salvation to all peoples. Ponder on, “Is Jesus calling us to serve in His Mission in some special ways in the…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:13-19 Jesus went up onto the mountain and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to proclaim the message, with power to drive out devils. And so he appointed the Twelve, Simon to whom…
St Vincent, Deacon and martyr2nd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 22nd January 2021 Heb. 8:6-13; Ps. 84:8,10,11-12,13-14; Mk.3:13-19 (Ps Wk II) The author of Hebrews felt that God’s covenant with Israel was obsolete. But St Paul and St John Paul II would both disagree. As Pope, John Paul II used to refer to God’s…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Healing – Miracles: In today’s Gospel, Jesus healed and expelled evil spirits from the great crowds of people who came to Him. Jesus also wants to free us from all influences of the evil spirits and heal us of our illnesses. Ponder on, “Is our faith…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:7-12 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and Transjordan and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had heard of all he was doing came to him. And he asked his disciples…
St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr2nd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 21st January 2021Heb. 7:25—8:6; Ps. 39:7-9,10,17; Mk.3:7-12 (Ps Wk II) Jesus never looked on majesty as something to be selfishly enjoyed. Jesus is the unique example of divine majesty and divine service combined. He knew that he had been given his supreme position, not…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, True Compassion: In today’s Gospel, Jesus showed deep compassion for the man suffering from a withered hand, and cured him on the Sabbath day. Infuriated at Jesus for breaking the Sabbath Law, the Pharisees plotted to kill Him. Our faith is superficial, when we find excuses…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:1-6 Jesus went into the synagogue, and there was a man present whose hand was withered. And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something to charge him with. He said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Get up and…
St Fabian, Pope & martyr, St Sebastian, martyr 2nd Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 20th January 2021Heb. 7:1-3,15-17; Ps. 109:1,2,3,4; Mk. 3:1-6 (Ps Wk II) By referring to Melchizedek, the writer indicated that Christ was a different sort of priest. He was not a priest in the tradition of Aaron, who was of the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Spirit of the Law: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” Jesus invites us to embrace the spirit of the “Laws of Liturgy” with a mature faith and a commitment to love God and others, genuinely and…