DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Hypocrisy in Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the scribes and Pharisees for living their faith hypocritically. Jesus asserts that without sincerity, our faith becomes a scandal to others and will drive them further from God’s Truth and Love. Ponder on, “Is my faith wholesome and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 23: 13-17, 22 Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut up the kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go who want to. ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over sea and land to make…
Lord, deepen my relationship with You21st Week in Ordinary Time: Sunday 25th August 2019Is. 66:18-21; Ps. 117(116):1,2,; Heb. 12:5-7,11-13; Lk. 13:22-30 (Ps Wk I) Jerusalem was in ruins after the Babylonian captivity. Some Jews had remained, but many had been taken to Babylon. The returning captives were like refugees. The Jews were devastated as there…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 13:23-25, 28-30 Someone said to Jesus, ‘Sir, will there be only a few saved?’ He said to them, ‘Try your hardest to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed. ‘Once the master of the house has got up and locked…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Vigilance in Faith: In the practice of our faith, let us ask ourselves, “Do we take God’s Love for granted”? If so, we will surely not find the deep peace and strength we need to face the different challenges of our lives. Without God’s Light and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Greatest Commandment: Whatever good we do, however we live, whenever we pray, the deepest and the greatest commandment is to do them out of love for God, Our Lord. All the different ways of loving others must come from this deepest love of our hearts. We…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 1:45-51 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?’ Philip replied, ‘Come and see.’ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming…
One cannot give what one does not possessFeast of St Bartholomew, Apostle: Saturday 24th August 2019Rev. 21:9-14; Ps. 145(144):10-11,12-13,17-18; Jn. 1:45-51 (Ps Wk IV) The Entrance Antiphon today sums up the life and work of an Apostle. An Apostle must “day after day proclaim the salvation of the Lord” and “proclaim his glory to all…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your…
Lord, help me to love you and others as you love20th Week in Ordinary Time: Friday 23rd August 2019St Rose of Lima, virgin Ruth. 1:1,3-6,14-16,22; Ps. 146(145):5-7,8-10; Mt. 22:34-40 (Ps Wk IV) Due to famine, Elimelech, Naomi and their sons left Bethlehem and went to Moab. Elimelech died, the sons married Moabite women and then…