Nothing sincere and life-giving is shameful before the Lord5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 13th February 2025Gen 2:18-25; Ps 127:1-5; Mk 7:24-30 (Ps Wk I) It is a beautiful affirmation to hear that all was given to Adam the man by God to make him happy. But not enough to make Adam exclaim “Yes! This…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Faith – Humility”: In today’s Gospel, the Syrophoenician woman’s daughter was cured of her possession of unclean spirits, because of her humble plea to Jesus to cure her. Ponder on, “A humble faith, begs God for our needs; but leaves it to God to decide. An…
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 12th February 2025Gen 2:4-9, 15-17; Ps 103:1-2, 27-30; Mk 7:14-23 (Ps Wk I) God, Who places us in the reality of where we are, will also nourish us with the knowledge and capability to protect and preserve ourselves and the work entrusted to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Interior Truth” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that “Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make a person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that makes a person unclean. Ponder on, “Our virtues of our love for God and…
Daily Word Of GodMark 7:14-23 Jesus called the people to him again and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unclean. Anyone who has ears for listening should…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Reverence for God” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the Pharisees and scribes for their hypocritical practice of their faith. Ponder on, “If our faith, hope and love for God is not sincere and deep; our attitudes, behaviour and lifestyles will be full of justifications. …
Daily Word Of GodMark 7:1-2, 5-8 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus, and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them. So the Pharisees and scribes asked him, ‘Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of…
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 11th February 2025Gen 1:20 – 2:4; Ps 8:4-9; Mk 7:1-13 (Ps Wk I) The World Day of the Sick is celebrated by offering one’s suffering in prayer. We are to see the face of Christ in our sick brothers and sisters, with love…
St Scholastica, Virgin, pray for me5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 10th February 2025Gen 1:1-19; Ps 103:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35; Mk 6:53-56 (Ps Wk I) The beautiful and almost poetic account of the Creation story and Jesus’ healing the sick are two events signifying God’s graciousness to imprint His mark on them. It…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:53-56 Having made the crossing, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and moored there. When they disembarked people at once recognised him, and started hurrying all through the countryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, to village or…