Conversion of St Paul the Apostle Conversion of St Paul the Apostle : Saturday 25th January 2020Acts 22:3-16, or Acts 9:1-22; Ps. 117(116):1,2; Mk. 16:15-18 (Ps Wk II) In the Old Testament, God constantly called Israel to repent, but Israel constantly fell into a cycle of infidelity. This brought hardships which Israel understood as God's…
Daily Word Of GodMark 16:15-18 Jesus showed himself to the Eleven and said to them, ‘Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. ‘These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name…
St Francis de Sales2nd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 24th January 20201 Sam. 24:3-21; Ps. 57(56):2,3-4,6,11; Mk. 3:13-19 (Ps Wk II) David had been like a son to Saul, but Saul had grown jealous of David and wanted to harm him. Yet when David found Saul sleeping, he only cut off a piece of…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:13-19 Jesus went up onto the mountain and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to proclaim the message, with power to drive out devils. And so he appointed the Twelve, Simon to whom…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Twelve Apostles: In today’s Gospel, Jesus appoints His Twelve Apostles; whom He will groom to proclaim the Good News of Salvation. They are to continue to protect and hand on the Truth to future generations with fidelity. All died a martyr’s death except Judas Iscariot . …
Kindness, mercy, and compassion are the best way to proclaim the Gospel2nd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 23rd January 20201 Sam. 18:6-9; 19:1-7; Ps 56(55):2-3,9-11,12-13; Mk. 3:7-12 (Ps Wk II) Saul was upset. Although the people sang his praises, but they sang them a bit louder for David. Saul had killed thousands of the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Crowds – Faith? In today’s Gospel, great crowds from all over were clamouring for Jesus as they heard of His Healing powers. Many of them sought Jesus only because He was able to heal them. They were not searching for the True Messiah. Likewise, do we…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:7-12 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and Transjordan and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had heard of all he was doing came to him. And he asked his disciples…
Daily Word Of GodMark 3:1-6 Jesus went into the synagogue, and there was a man present whose hand was withered. And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something to charge him with. He said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Get up and…
Thank You, Lord, for showing me the way2nd Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 22nd January 20201 Sam. 17:32-33,37,40-51; Ps. 144(143):1,2,9-10; Mk. 3:1-6 (Ps Wk II) In the Gospel passage, Jesus' mercy for the man with the withered hand is the climax of the section that began with Jesus’ cure of the paralyzed man in…