St Peter Claver, priest, pray for us22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 9th September 2023Col. 1:21-23; Ps. 53:3-4,6,8; Lk. 6:1-5 (Ps. Wk. II) The Pharisees, a group of zealot Jews, crafted distinct and elaborate religious laws and regulations. They believed that rigid observances were required to maintain a righteous and honest relationship with God…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Superficial Faith”: In today’s Gospel episode, the Pharisees’ observance of the Sabbath Laws were rigidly superficial. As such, they were not able to recognise Jesus as the Messiah. Ponder on, “Do we fret about the minor details of our faith, and fail to live the true…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:1-5 One Sabbath Jesus was walking through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath day?’ Jesus answered them, ‘So you have not read what…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:4-11 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Birthday of Mary” – Faith: Today’s Gospel event reveals how Mary is specially chosen by God, to be the Mother of the Messiah. In today’s liturgical celebration, we rejoice and renew our honour to Mary, who said “Yes” to God’s Will. Ponder on, “Do we try…
Mother Mary, pray for usTHE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY : Friday 8th September 2023Mic. 5:1-4a or Rom. 8:28-30; Ps. 12:6-7; Mt. 1:1-16,18-23 (or 18-23) (Ps. Wk. II) The place, ‘Ephrathah’ mentioned by prophet Micah, is connected to the future king of Israel “whose origin goes back to the distant past, to the days…
Lord, give me Your constant guidance and strength22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 7th September 2023Col. 1:9-14; Ps. 97:2-6; Lk. 5:1-11 (Ps Wk. II) We pray for many things, such as health, success, and relationships. The prayer of Colossians for Christians is the one prayer that should be in our hearts. It takes care…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:4-11 When Jesus had finished speaking he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ Simon replied, ‘Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Obeying God’s Will” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Simon Peter obeyed Jesus regardless of his great experiences in fishing, and had also not caught any fish the whole night. Ponder on, “Do we obey God only when what He asks of us, is what we like…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:38-42a Leaving the synagogue Jesus went to Simon's house. Now Simon's mother in law was in the grip of a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Standing over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to serve…