4th Week of LentFriday, 5th April 2019Wis. 2:1,12-22; Ps. 34(33):17-18,19-20,21,23; Jn. 7:1-2,10,25-30 (Ps Wk IV) A truly righteous and holy person is very threatening to some people. They see in this person everything that they are not. Rather than changing themselves, they want to destroy the one who makes them feel uncomfortable. They sometimes torment…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 5:24-30 Jesus said to the Jews: ‘In all truth I tell you, whoever listens to my words, and believes in the one who sent me, has eternal life; without being brought to judgement such a person has passed from death to life. In all truth I tell you, the hour is…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Eternal Life – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims, “Whoever listens to My Words, and believes in the One who sent Me, has eternal life.” To believe that Jesus is the Saviour, we must have the sincere desire to become more like Jesus in the way we live. Do…
4th Week of LentThursday, 4th April 2019Ex. 32:7-14; Ps. 106(105):19-20,21-22,23; Jn. 5:31-47 (Ps Wk IV) Unfortunately politicians have a rather bad name today. This is a pity because politics are an essential part of life. When, for example, Mum and Dad bargain with little son or daughter and get him or her to do another…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 5:1-3a, 5-9, 16 There was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem next to the Sheep Pool there is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five porticos; and under these were crowds of sick people, blind, lame, paralysed One man there had an illness…
4th Week of LentWednesday, 3rd April 2019Is. 49:8-15; Ps. 145(144):8-9,13-14,17-18; Jn. 5:17-30 (Ps Wk IV) In the gospel passage today, John the Evangelist provides the answers to two key questions. Firstly, what gives Jesus the right to ‘work’ on the Sabbath by healing the sick. Secondly, what gives Jesus the right to call God his…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, 30 Years Illness: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the man who was ill for thirty years. When we have illnesses, trials and tribulations, Jesus also understands and “feels” our pain as He is with us in our challenges. Pray for the graces to be “united” to Jesus, and experience His Presence…
4th Week of LentTueday, 2nd April 2019Ez. 47:1-9,12; Ps. 46(45):2-3,5-6,8-9; Jn. 5:1-3,5-16 (Ps Wk IV) Physical suffering can have a deadening effect on the mind and spirit — as the story from John’s Gospel today reveals. The man who had been sick for thirty-eight years was obviously waiting for the movement of the waters and…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 4:45-53 On Jesus’ arrival, the Galileans received him well, having seen all that he had done at Jerusalem during the festival which they too had attended. He went again to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was ill…
4th Week of Lent Monday, 1st April 2019Is. 65:17-21; Ps. 30(29):2,4,5-6,11-12,13; Jn. 4:43-54 (Ps Wk IV) In our broken, bleeding, and fearful world, many long for a new heaven and a new earth. It would be wonderful if we lived in a world of abundance, peace, prosperity, and happiness. Many would say that this wish…