St Clement I, pope & martyr33rd Week in Ordinary Time :Saturday 23rd November 20191 Mac. 6:1-13; Ps. 9:2-3,4,6,16,19; Lk. 20:27-40 (Ps Wk I) The Jews were so upset with the desecration of the Temple that they gained the strength to retake Jerusalem and to tear down what King Antiochus had erected on the altar. They…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Heaven” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, some Sadducees, tried to understand “heaven” from the human marriage point of view. Jesus explained that “eternal life” is a spiritual existence, like the angels. Ask God for the grace to value this gift of eternal life, and the wisdom…
Do we show reverence in the Church where we gather for the Eucharistic celebrations and other prayer services? 33rd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 22nd November 20191 Mac 4:36-37,52-59; (R. Ps.) 1 Chr. 29:10,11,12; Lk. 19:45-48 (Ps Wk I) In the Gospel account on the Cleansing of the Temple, it is meant to re-iterate…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 19:45-48 Jesus went into the Temple and began driving out those who were busy trading, saying to them, ‘According to scripture, my house shall be a house of prayer but you have turned it into a bandits' den.’ He taught in the Temple every day. The chief priests and the scribes,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Truth of the Gospel: In today’s Gospel, Jesus expelled the money changers from the Temple; a house of prayer and worship, as they were desecrating the sacred place by their cheating. Do we “desecrate” our bodies and soul, Temples of the Holy Spirit, through immoral, unethical…
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary33rd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 21st November 2019Zec. 2:14-17; (R. Ps). Lk. 1:46-47,48-49,50-51, 52-53,54-55; Mt. 12:46-50 (Ps Wk I) Today, the Church commemorates the presentation of Mary at the Temple by her parents, Anna and Joachim. Although the feast has no basis in the scriptures, it has a…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 12:46-50 Jesus was speaking to the crowds when suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. Someone said to him: ‘Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to speak to you.’ But to the man who told him this…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Loving God is Ultimate: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that our love for God must be our greatest love and goal in our life. Our other loves, e.g. our family are loved through our love for God. It is through such love that our other loves…
Servant of God Fr Hernando de Santaren & Companions, SJMartyrs of Mexico Died: November 16 to 20, 1616 The lives of eight Jesuit priests came to an abrupt and when they were martyred by the Tepehuan Indians living in northwestern Mexico (today’s Durango) between November 16 and 20, 1616. Some of the Tepehuan had been…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 19:11a, 12-13, 15-17, 26 While the people were listening Jesus said, ‘A man of noble birth went to a distant country to be appointed king and then return. He summoned ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds, telling them, “Trade with these, until I get back.” ’ ‘Now it…