DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “God’s Calling”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus “called” Peter, Andrew, James and John; all of them fishermen, to be His apostles. While Jesus may also be “calling” us to a particular vocation, His Spirit is daily “prompting” us to live our lives in accordance to the Gospel…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Hindrances – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ relatives “took charge” of Him and prevented the crowds from hearing His Good News of Salvation and receiving His healing miracles. Do we experience our family, friends and loved ones “preventing” and discouraging us from deepening our faith, hope…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Apostles – Jesus: In today’s Gospel, Jesus called the Twelve Apostles to serve as His closest disciples, for His Mission of evangelizing the Gospel of Salvation to all peoples. Ponder on, “Is Jesus calling us to serve in His Mission in some special ways in the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Healing – Miracles: In today’s Gospel, Jesus healed and expelled evil spirits from the great crowds of people who came to Him. Jesus also wants to free us from all influences of the evil spirits and heal us of our illnesses. Ponder on, “Is our faith…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, True Compassion: In today’s Gospel, Jesus showed deep compassion for the man suffering from a withered hand, and cured him on the Sabbath day. Infuriated at Jesus for breaking the Sabbath Law, the Pharisees plotted to kill Him. Our faith is superficial, when we find excuses…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Spirit of the Law: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” Jesus invites us to embrace the spirit of the “Laws of Liturgy” with a mature faith and a commitment to love God and others, genuinely and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus, “New Wine”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims the need to open our minds and hearts to His Good News of Salvation that have “new” challenges. Our superficial, routine and lukewarm love for Him will not lead to conversion in our lives. Ponder on these truths…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Desires for God: In today’s Gospel episode, the apostles Andrew and Peter were filled with zeal to follow Jesus, and be His disciples. Do we have deep desires to be Jesus’ disciples in our daily living? Are these desires challenged by our attachments and addictions that…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Sinners, Yet Loved: In today’s Gospel, Jesus witnessed that the Gospel of Salvation is compassionate towards sinners. He calls Matthew the public tax-collector to be His apostle. Our true dignity is being a child of God. While our sins tarnish our relationship with God, He never…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith – Miracles: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured the paralytic because of his great faith in Him. Ponder on, “Is our faith in Jesus deep and personal; as our Saviour and Lord? How is Jesus, the Risen Lord part of our daily living, including our worries,…