DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Blind man of Deep Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the blind man pleaded for Jesus to cure him, in spite of the crowd’s scolding. Jesus granted his pleas because of his deep faith. Ponder on, “Are our pleas for Jesus to respond to our needs, our faith’s…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Wisdom – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Fig tree”, to remind His disciples that while they are able to predict the seasons, through the signs of the growth of the fig tree, they would not be able to predict the Second…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Praying Continually with Hope”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus advised His disciples to pray continually with hope. Ponder on, “All of us pray daily, but are our prayers as ‘persistent and fervent’ as with the widow in today’s Gospel? For such prayers, our faith and love for…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Vigilance in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that, at the “Second Coming of the Messiah”, no person can ‘escape’ from having to face God’s Judgement. We are to give an account of how we have used God’s abundant Blessings. Ponder on, “Will we be ‘happy’…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Second Coming” – Messiah: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to the Pharisees that the fullness of God’s Kingdom will come unexpectedly; in fact, it is already present to us. Ponder on, “Do we live our faith vigilantly or do we presume that we will live to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Gratitude to God” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus cured ten lepers, but only one; a non-Jew, thanked Him. Ponder on, “When we have desperate needs or are facing crises in our lives, faith, vocation, we beg God earnestly for His help. However, when He answers…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Our mission in Life” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds His disciples, that they are to “serve” God’s Mission of proclaiming the Good News of Salvation to all peoples, but they are not to expect to be praised or rewarded. Ponder on, “Are we committed…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Disciples’ Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the disciples were shocked at Jesus’ proclamation of: the great sin of leading a child astray in their faith; and that we are to forgive everyone unconditionally. Ponder on, “Do we take an innocent child’s faith seriously? Have we also experienced…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Poor Widow’s Faith”: In today’s Gospel Jesus was deeply touched by the poor widow’s great generosity of putting in her two coins. Jesus praised her and said, “she put in everything she possessed”; while others put in “excess money” they had.” Ponder on, “We love God,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Sacred Temple for Worship” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was furious at the money changers who cheat and thus desecrate the Temple. He chased them out of the Temple which He proclaimed is a “House of Worship”. Ponder on, “Our bodies are the Temples of…