Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:27-32 Jesus noticed a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax office, and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And leaving everything Levi got up and followed him. In his honour Levi held a great reception in his house, and with them at table was a large gathering of tax…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – Messiah – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus likens Himself to the “bridegroom” where fasting is exempted during wedding celebrations. As such, when He, the Messiah, is Present, we are to celebrate and rejoice. Ponder on, “If there is no Eternal Salvation in our faith,…
St John of God, Religious, pray for usSaturday after Ash Wednesday : 8th March 2025Is 58:9-14; Ps 85 (86):1-6; Lk 5:27-32 (Ps Wk IV) Isaiah comments on complaints being made by people that, though they are fasting, God is not taking any notice of them. The reason, says Isaiah, is because while they are virtuously fasting,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – Messiah – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus likens Himself to the “bridegroom” where fasting is exempted during wedding celebrations. As such, when He, the Messiah, is Present, we are to celebrate and rejoice. Ponder on, “If there is no Eternal Salvation in our faith,…
Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, Martyrs, pray for usFriday after Ash Wednesday : 7th March 2025Is 58:1-9; Ps 50 (51):3-6, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 (Ps Wk IV) The Entrance Antiphon in Latin sets us into a period of quiet gratitude: “Audivit Dominus, et misertus est mihi, Dominus factus est adiutor meus”. (The Lord heard and had mercy on…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:14-15 John's disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from…
God asks us to be faithful - to listen and to heed His voiceThursday after Ash Wednesday : 6th March 2025Deut 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 (Ps Wk IV) In the passage from Deuteronomy, God is encouraging the Israelites to choose life. How were they to do that? They were to follow the laws that…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 9:22-25 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The Son of man is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’ Then, speaking to all, he said, ‘If anyone wants to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Mystery of Salvation: In today’s Gospel, Jesus prophesised that for the Good News of Salvation; He will be put to Death and be Raised up on the third day. Those who want to be His disciple, must also have such a total commitment for His Sake. …
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 6:4-6, 17-18 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners…