DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Hypocrisy – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reprimanded the Pharisees and scribes for the hypocrisy in the practice of their religion. A hypocritical practice of faith is to show others that we love God, while the opposite is true in the living of our lives. Ponder…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Integrity – Humility: In today’s Gospel, Jesus praised Nathanael for his integrity in expressing what he thinks about “Nazareth”. To have integrity, like Nathanael, we also need the humility of openness to the divine Truth that Jesus reveals. Ponder on, “Do I have integrity and humility…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Church – Truth: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims to His disciples, “You are Peter and on this rock I will build My Church, I give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven . . .” Jesus assures us that the Truth of the Gospel of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Queenship of Mary”: Today the Catholic Church is celebrating Mary’s Queenship. We are to renew our special reverence to Mary, who is the Mother of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour. Christ our Lord in Heaven as “King” would reverence His Mother for Her Service of the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Greatest Commandment: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that the greatest of all the Commandments is “to love God with all our heart, soul and mind, and also our neighbours as ourselves.” Ponder on, “Do we live this commandment faithfully, especially during the trials and tribulations of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Ingratitude – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ Parable of the Wedding Feast” reminds us of God’s infinite Love that He showers upon every one of us. However, very often we take them for granted. “Do we then put God at the centre of our lives and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Envy – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ Parable of the “landowner” proclaimed that God is always just, compassionate and generous in His Care and Love for us. However, sadly, if we become envious, we will be “unhappy” when we compare our blessings with others and forget…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Riches” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims, “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” Ponder on, “Have you experienced material riches strongly tempting you from living the challenges…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Attachments – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was saddened by the good man’s unwillingness to be detached from his material possessions. As such, he was not able to deepen his faith and love for God. Do we place God on “lower” priority, when “attractions and attachments”…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Trust – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus expelled the devil from the Canaanite woman’s daughter because of her strong and humble faith. Do we trust Jesus with humility or are we impatient with Him? What happens when our needs are not answered in the ways that…