St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest & Doctor, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 21st July 2025Ex 14:5-18; (R Ps) Ex 15:1-6; Mt 12:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) Both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures are filled with the ‘signs and wonders’ that God has wrought in human history. The Passover retells the story of the…
Thank you, Jesus, for the hope You give us by freeing us from idle worries16th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 20th July 2025Gen 18:1-10; Ps 14 (15): 2-5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) In the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Abba Apollos said: “‘We must venerate the brothers who come by. It…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Contemplatives-in-Action” – Faith: In today’s Gospel story of Martha and Mary, we are invited to live a discerning life of contemplating God’s Will and Ways; and putting them into action, in our daily living. Ponder on, “When we do good, we become a good person; but…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 10:38-42 Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to him speaking. Now Martha, who was distracted with all the serving, came to him and said, ‘Lord, do you…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 12:14-21 The Pharisees went out and began to plot against Jesus, discussing how to destroy him. Jesus knew this and withdrew from the district. Many followed him and he cured them all but warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:…
Thank you, Jesus, for the hope You give us by freeing us from idle worries15th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 19th July 2025Ex 12:37-42; Ps 135 (136):1, 10-15, 23-24; Mt 12:14-21 (Ps Wk III) It takes a grave experience for people to change their treatment of others. The Lord had just brought the tenth plague,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Plotting to Kill Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees began to plot to kill Jesus. He was a threat to their power, self-glory; and oppressive rules that they have imposed on the Jews. Ponder on, “We are all created by God to live in His Love,…
True discipleship is not mere ritual performance but personal and intimate.15th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 18th July 2025Ex 11:10 – 12:14; Ps 115 (116):12-13, 15-18; Mt 12:1-8 (Ps Wk III) In Matthew’s Gospel, we read “I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Messiah is Present” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees reprimanded Jesus and His disciples for breaking the Sabbath Laws; for picking and eating corn. Jesus explained that, when He the Messiah is Present, they are to rejoice; and all Sabbath Laws are suspended as exceptions. …
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:28-30 Jesus took a walk through the cornfields one Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry and began to pick ears of corn and eat them. The Pharisees noticed it and said to him, ‘Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath.’ But he said to them, ‘Have…