DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Word in our lives” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds us that His Word offers us a “freedom” from the worries, temptations, deceptions, and fantasies of the secular world that cannot fulfil our lives, but can only “gratify” and “glorify” us with a “false fulfilment”. Ponder on, “Reflect on your life and the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Following Jesus” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus called Matthew, a public sinner, to become one of His apostles. Matthew responded with firm conviction to follow Jesus and His Ways. This will bring great blessings on him and the world. Ponder on, “Unlike Matthew, are we fearful about giving up our material attachments? If so, pray…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Rejecting God”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to the crowd with deep sorrow, that they are rejecting the Good News of Salvation, with great obstinacy and pride. Ponder on, “When we reject God’s Love, Mercy and Truth with pride, we are rejecting God’s Divine Gift, who wants to offer us His deep Peace,…
Lord, help us to be faithful to our Christian calling and gain eternal life24th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 22nd September 20231 Tim. 6:2-12; Ps. 48:6-10,17-20; Lk. 8:1-3 (Ps. Wk. IV) “Blessed are the poor in spirit, the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.” To truly follow Jesus means to be poor in spirit. We…
St Matthew, apostle of Jesus, pray for usST MATTHEW, APOSTLE & EVANGELIST : Thursday 21st September 2023Eph. 4:1-7,11-13; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Mt. 9:9-13 (Ps. Wk. IV) Today as we celebrate the feast of St Matthew, an Apostle and evangelist, we recall the amazing way God calls Matthew to discipleship and gives him the apostolate tasks of…
SS Laurent Imbert, bishop, Jaques Chastan, priest (of College General), SS. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, priest, & Paul Chong Ha sang, & Comps. martyrs; pray for us 24th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 20th September 20231 Tim. 3:14-16; Ps. 110:1-2,3-4,5-6; Lk. 7:31-35 (Ps. Wk. IV) Paul emphasised how absolutely real Jesus is – much more…
St Januarius, Bishop & martyr24th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 19th September 20231 Tim. 3:1-13; Ps. 100:1-3,5-6; Lk. 7:11-17 (Ps. Wk. IV) These instructions to bishops from the First Letter to Timothy were written at a time long before celibacy became obligatory for priests in the Church. The writer naturally thinks of a parallel…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Personal Love: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was deeply moved by the death of the only son of a woman in the town of Nain, and raised him to life. Ponder on, “Jesus’ Love for all peoples, is always very personal. He knows our needs, pains…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Deep and Humble Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus praised the Roman centurion’s deep faith and humility. Ponder on, “God will not be able to ‘work miracles’ in our lives and bless us abundantly, if we are proud and take His Love for granted. Do we live…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:2-3, 6-9 A centurion there had a servant, a favourite of his, who was sick and near death. Having heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and heal his servant. So Jesus went with them, and was not very far from the house…