DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Incarnation – Saviour: In today’s Gospel, the Son of God, the Messiah, takes on the full human nature, yet remaining fully divine. God entering our world gives us the assurance that God is fully with us and He empathises with our human suffering and sinful tendencies. …
And the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us7th day within Octave of Christmas : Tuesday 31st December 20191 Jn. 2:18-21; Ps. 96(95):1-2,11-13; Jn. 1:1-18 (Ps Wk I) As we come to the end of another year, we need to hear John’s message about Jesus the Word bringing light into the darkness of our world.…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 1:1, 9-14, 18 In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word was the real light that gives light to everyone; he was coming into the world. He was in the world that had come into being through him, and the world…
Presentation of Jesus6 day within Octave of Christmas : Monday 30th December 20191 Jn. 2:12-17; Ps. 96(95):7-9,10; Lk. 2:36-40 (Ps Wk I) The Gospel is a continuation of yesterday’s reading about the Presentation in the Temple. It deals with the second person who was present on that day. Her name was Anna and she is…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Holiness – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Anna, the prophetess, and the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph showed great holiness in their lives. God’s Will was their primary love, joy and challenge. Let us pray for the wisdom to grow in the “holiness” of our…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 2:36-40 There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left the Temple, serving God…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 2:13-15a, 19-23a After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God’s Providence: In today’s Gospel, the angel appeared to Joseph in a dream to tell him take Jesus and Mary and flee to Egypt, for king Herod intends to kill the child. God’s Providence provides and protects us from all that will harm God’s Plan of…
God is light and in him is no darknessTHE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH (A) : Sunday 29th December 2019Sir 3:3-7,14-17; Ps. 128(127):1-2,3,4-5; Col. 3:12-21; Mt. 2:13-16,19-23 (Ps Wk I) The Scriptures do not talk about Mary and Joseph as much as we might hope. What were they like? We can get some…
God is light and in him is no darknessFEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS : Saturday 28th December 20191 Jn. 1:5-2:2; Ps. 124(123):2-3,4-5,7,8; Mt. 2:13-18 (Ps Wk IV) Although we celebrate today the Feast of the Holy Innocents, rather than focusing upon the Gospel passage, I suggest we turn to our first reading from the First…