Daily Word Of GodJohn 5:1-3a, 5-9, 16 There was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem next to the Sheep Pool there is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five porticos; and under these were crowds of sick people, blind, lame, paralysed One man there had an illness…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Jesus’ Compassionate Love”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the royal official’s son who was near death. Ponder on, “Likewise, in Jesus’ Compassionate Love for us He would also cure us of our illness; provided our faith in Him, is sincere and deep. And, such ‘cures’ are…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 4:45-53 On Jesus’ arrival, the Galileans received him well, having seen all that he had done at Jerusalem during the festival which they too had attended. He went again to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was ill…
Lord, in this year of hope, let Your words and deeds be our constant guide in facing every crisis.4th Week of Lent (C) : Monday 31st March 2025Is 65:17-21; Ps 29 (30):2, 4-6, 11-13; Jn 4:43-54 (Ps Wk IV) Lent is a testing time and also a gracious time of moulding true Christian attitudes that will…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 15:11b-17a, 18-19, 20b, 23b-24a Jesus told the Pharisees and scribes 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 come to me.” So the father divided the property between them. A few…
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled by his own pride, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted by God.”4th Sunday in Lent (C) : Sunday 30th March 2025Hos 5:15 – 6:6; Ps 50 (51):3-4, 18-21; Lk 18:9-14 (Ps Wk III) The story of the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God’s Mercy - “Prodigal Son”: In today’s Gospel, the arrogant younger son, squandered his father’s property through sinful living. He experienced a conversion of heart, and returned to his father. Ponder on, “The father, representing God our Father, filled with Mercy, ran to welcome him home,…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 18:9-14 Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else, ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that…
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled by his own pride, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted by God.”3rd Week of Lent (C) : Saturday 29th March 2025Hos 5:15 – 6:6; Ps 50 (51):3-4, 18-21; Lk 18:9-14 (Ps Wk III) The story of the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Self-Righteous Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisee’s self-righteous faith, led him to judge the tax-collector harshly for his sins. However, the tax-collector; a public sinner, begged God’s Merciful forgiveness, with humility. Ponder on, “God would welcome the repentant sinner more joyously, than the self-righteous believer, who…