DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Forgiveness – Faith: When we forgive someone who has hurt us or shocked us in the wrongs he/she had done, Jesus in today’s Gospel is reminding us that we too are “hurting” God with our sins. So, Jesus is inviting us to forgive all the time; with a compassionate heart, for…
Lord, help me to be merciful and gracious to all3rd Week of Lent: Monday, 16th March 20202 Kgs. 5:1-15; Ps. 42(41):2,3; 43(42):3,4; Lk. 4:24-30 (Ps Wk III) People like to think that God plays favourites and that certain groups have a claim on God’s grace. Naaman was the commander of the army that was Israel's…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Familiarity – Faith: When we are close to someone in our relationship, there is a tendency to take the goodness of that person for granted. Jesus in today’s Gospel points out this truth of His townsfolks in Nazara. Their familiarity has blinded them from seeing Him as the Messiah. Pray for…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:24-30 Jesus came to Nazara and spoke to the people in the synagogue: ‘In truth I tell you, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country. ‘There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah's day, when heaven remained shut for three years and six months and…
True worship can only happen in Spirit3rd Sunday of Lent (A) : 15th March 2020Ex. 17:3-7; Ps. 95(94):1-2,6-7,8-9; Rom. 5:1-2,5-8; Jn. 4:5-42 (Ps Wk III) The encounter between Jesus (from Judea - the Southern Kingdom) and the Samaritan woman (Northern Kingdom) is a significant unfolding of a sinner changing her total self to one who…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 4:5-7, 9a, 10-12a, 13-14 Jesus came to the Samaritan town called Sychar near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage “Living Water” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus offers the Samaritan woman Himself, as the “Living Water” that quenches all our “thirsts”, and she accepted. Do we “thirsts” for the many unnecessary things in life that do not truly “quench” our deepest thirst for God? Do we take God’s Love and…
Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so is my heart, Lord2nd Week of Lent: Saturday, 14th March 2020Mic. 7:14-15,18-20; Ps. 103(102):1-2,3-4,9-10,11-12; Lk. 15:1-3,11-32 (Ps Wk II) Sometimes the sacrament of reconciliation is misunderstood by some as an experience of being “slaughtered”. From this, it follows that the over-riding distorted image of God is…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 15:1, 3, 11b-15, 20, 22-24a The tax collectors and sinners, however, were all crowding round to listen to Jesus, so he told them this parable: ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, “Father, let me have the share of the estate that will…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage God’s Forgiving Love: In today’s Gospel Parable of the “Prodigal Father,” Jesus proclaims His Father’s infinite and unconditional Forgiving Love. The younger son who squandered his wealth, reminds us of how we too may have at times, taken God’s blessings and Mercy for granted. Let us ponder on this truth. Fr…