St John of Capestrano, priest, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 23rd October 2023Rom. 4:20-25; (R. Ps.) Lk. 1:69-70,71-72,73-75; Lk. 12:13-21 (Ps. Wk. I) Someone in the crowd asks Jesus to be the arbitrator over the distribution of their family fortunes. Jesus declines but tells the people to guard themselves against greed…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:15-21 Jesus said to the crowd, ‘'Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for life does not consist in possessions, even when someone has more than he needs.’ Then he told them a parable, ‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 22:15-21 The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he said. And they sent their disciples to him, together with some Herodians, to say, ‘Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in all honesty, and that…
Lord, may we be faithful to our calling and remember that You are with us, always leading us to You!29th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 22nd October 2023Is. 45:1-6; Ps. 95:1 and 3,4-5,7-8a,9-10c; 1 Thess. 1:1-5b; Mt. 22:15-21 (Ps. Wk. I) Today’s first two readings talk about the call and faithfulness to that call.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Hypocrisy in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees tried to set a trap to denounce and destroy Jesus’ Good and Divine reputation, that was attracting many followers away from him. Ponder on, “Hypocrisy in our faith is a sin of deception that uses our faith to…
Lord, I believe; help my unbelief28th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 21st October 2023Rom. 4:13,16-18; Ps. 104:6-7,8-9,42-43; Lk. 12:8-12 (Ps. Wk. IV) Sometimes we tend to think that God’s blessing granted to us is based on the merits of our good deeds and observances of the Laws we make. In the Letter to the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sins against the Holy Spirit”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that “blasphemies against the Holy Spirit, cannot be forgiven.” Ponder on, “Sin against the Holy Spirit is very serious because they curse God as evil, and they purposefully act against God and the Church e.g. by worshiping evil spirits. Such sinners also…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:8-12 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, the Son of man will declare himself for him in the presence of God's angels. But anyone who disowns me in the presence of human beings will be disowned…
Justification is not based on keeping the Law but through faith which is a gift from God28th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 20th October 2023Rom. 4:1-8; Ps. 31:1-2,5,11; Lk 12:1-7 (Ps.Wk. IV) The Gospel reading contains the second woe against the Pharisees and the lawyers. Their attitude towards Jesus reflects their forefathers’ stance towards…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 12:1-5 The people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. And Jesus began to speak, first of all to his disciples. ‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees - their hypocrisy. Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden…