Lord, Give me the courage to let go of anything that keeps me from You20th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 17th August 2020Ez. 24:15-24; (R. Ps.) Deut. 32:18-19,20, 21; Mt. 19:16-22 (Ps Wk IV) Today a man comes to Jesus asking about eternal life. He has been keeping the commandments since his youth. This…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 15:21b-28 Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And suddenly out came a Canaanite woman from that district and started shouting, ‘Lord, Son of David, take pity on me. My daughter is tormented by a devil.’ But he said not a word in answer to her. And his disciples…
Lord, help me to share Your grace with everyone20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) : 16th August 2020Is. 56:1,6-7; Pa. 66:2-3,5,6,8; Rom. 11:13-15,29-32; Mt. 15:21-28 (Ps Wk IV) God rejects no one — all peoples are pleasing to Him. Isaiah envisioned a time when foreigners would stream towards Zion, worshipping and serving in God’s temple.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Trust – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus expelled the devil from the Canaanite woman’s daughter because of her strong and humble faith. Do we trust Jesus with humility or are we impatient with Him? What happens when our needs are not answered in the ways that…
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with youFEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY : Saturday 15th August 2020Rev. 11:19; 12:1-6,10; Ps. 44:10,11,12,16; 1 Cor. 15:20-26; Lk. 1:39-56 (Psalter Proper) As we celebrate this Feast of Assumption, the readings help us to recapture two significant events in the life of Mary, the first…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 1:39-47 Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Mary’s Assumption: In today’s solemnity celebration, the Church affirms that the gift of Eternal Life in heaven is won by Jesus’ Death and Resurrection. Mary, the Mother of Jesus and our Mother is the perfect disciple of obedience to God’s Will. Do we put God’s Will…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 19:3-6 Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and to put him to the test they said, ‘Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?’ He answered, ‘Have you not read that the Creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said:…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Marriage-Fidelity: In today’s Gospel, in answer to the Pharisees, Jesus affirmed that it is God’s Will that the marriage commitment is indissoluble. An annulled marriage is the Church’s pronouncement that there is no validity in the marriage, and thus one is free to marry. Pray for…
St Maximilian Kolbe, priest & martyr19th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 14th August 2020Ez. 16:1-15,6-,63; (or Ez. 16:59-63); (R. Ps): Is. 12:2-3,4,5-6; Mt. 19:3-12 (Ps Wk III) Ezekiel painted a very moving and sentimental picture of Israel's relationship with God. She was cared for tenderly from the time she was an infant, and on…