DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Vigilance – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to His disciples that the end of the world can come anytime. Ponder on, “Each day is God’s precious gift to us, and it is filled with opportunities to deepen our love for God and one another.” “Do…
St Monica 21st Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 27th August 20201 Cor. 1:1-9; Ps. 144:2-3,4-5,6-7; Mt. 24:42-51 (Ps Wk I) Paul wrote his letters to instruct the new communities and to correct their faults, often serious moral or doctrinal faults, which had arisen. But apart from the Letter to the Galatians, he does not…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 23:27-32 Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption. In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you…
Increase my faith, Lord Jesus, so that I can face the crises and threats that I am not prepared for21st Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 26th August 20202 Thess. 3:6-10,16-18; Ps. 127:1-2,3,4-5; Mt. 23:27-32 (Ps Wk I) ‘Teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!’ How could Jesus call such people who are well…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Hypocrisy – Awareness: In today’s Gospel, Jesus describes the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees as, “you look like whitewashed tombs on the outside, but inside you are full of bones of the dead and every kind of corruption.” Ponder on, “Are we aware of our…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Hypocrisy – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the Pharisees and scribes for the hypocrisy in the practice of their religion. A hypocritical practice of faith is to show others that we love God, while the opposite is true in the living of our lives. Ponder…
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will be called the children of God!21st Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 25th August 20202 Thess. 2:1-3,14-17; Ps. 95:1-,11-13; Mt. 23:23-26 (Ps Wk I) Jesus continues his attacks on the Pharisees and Scribes. We should see this as a criticism of the legalistic mind. Not all…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 23:23-26 Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay your tithe of mint and dill and cummin and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law - justice, mercy, good faith! These you should have practised, those not neglected. You blind guides, straining out gnats and swallowing…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 1:45-51 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?’ Philip replied, ‘Come and see.’ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming…
Lord, open my heart and mind to Your presenceFeast of St Bartholomew, Apostle : Monday 24th August 2020Rev. 21:9-14; Ps. 144:10-11,12-13,17-18; Jn. 1:45-51 (Ps Wk I) The beautiful image of the heavenly Jerusalem is not a place. It is meant to describe that time when we will be in God’s presence forever. The beauty of…