Daily Word Of GodJohn 16:5-11 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Now I am going to the one who sent me. Not one of you asks, “Where are you going?” Yet you are sad at heart because I have told you this. Still, I am telling you the truth: it is for your own good that…
6th Week of Easter: Monday6th Week of Easter: Monday, 27th May 2019Acts 16:11-15; Ps. 150(149):1-2,3-4,5-6,9; John. 15:26-16:4 (Ps Wk II) The Holy Spirit is God’s Easter gift to us. The Spirit reminds us we are but the Breath of God from the moment of our Creation (Gen. 2:7). Rowan Williams says the Church is not…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 15:26-16:4a Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When the Paraclete comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who issues from the Father, he will be my witness. And you too will be witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning. ‘I have told…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Challenges of the Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cautions His disciples that they will be persecuted by enemies of the Gospel. This is because they do not know Him and His Father.” Ponder on, “Do I know Jesus personally and love Him sincerely?” If so, we…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 14:23-27 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him. Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Keeping Jesus’ Word”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus says to His disciples, “Anyone who loves Me will keep My Word, and My Father will love him, and we shall make a home in him.” To be faithful to this Truth of Jesus, pray for the grace to…
6th Week of Easter: Sunday6th Week of Easter: Sunday, 26th May 2019Acts 15:1-2,22-29; Ps. 67(66):2-3,5,6,8; Rev. 21:10-14,22-23; John. 14:23-29 (Ps Wk II) Chapters14-16 of John’s Gospel, from which today's Gospel reading is taken are bracketed by the opening and closing verses: “Do not let your hearts be troubled, trust in God and trust in me”…
5th Week of Easter: Saturday5th Week of Easter: Saturday, 25th May 2019Acts 16:1-10; Ps. 100(99):2,3,5; John. 15:18 -21 (Ps Wk I) Timothy, a faithful believer and the son of a Greek father and a Jewish mother, had not been circumcised. Since Paul wanted to take Timothy on his missionary journeys where there would be many…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 15:18-21 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If the world hates you, you must realize that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, because my choice of you has…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Persecution – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cautions His disciples, “If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you too.” Ponder on, “Do I unite my pain and persecution for the faith, to Jesus’ Sufferings?” If we “offer” these “sufferings” for the good of someone’s faith, they…