DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Suffering Messiah” – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that the “Messiah” is a “Suffering Messiah”. He does not use His Divine Power for Domination, Destruction and Self-Glory, but for a total “Service in Mercy and with Humility”. Ponder on, “It is God’s Mercy that forgives…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Ash Wednesday – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed about “almsgiving, prayer and fasting”. He is reminding us to love God, more deeply. These spiritual deeds reflect our desires to become more like Him. Ponder on, “Ash Wednesday reminds us that God created us from “ashes”,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Faith, needs Deepening”: In today’s Gospel, the disciples’ faith needed further clarification and deepening. Thus, Jesus explained the miracle of the “Multiplication of loaves and fish” to them. Ponder on, “We all need to continue to strive with sincerity, openness and zeal, on how we can…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Depth of Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees were “demanding” a sign from Jesus, to prove His Divinity. However, Jesus reprimanded them for their insincerity and their lack of faith in Him as the Messiah. Ponder on, “Is our faith, love, and hope in Jesus deep?…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Great Joys in Faith”: In today’s Gospel, a man was cured of his virulent skin-disease. In his deep faith and gratitude to Jesus, he proclaimed his great joy to everyone. Ponder on, “Is our faith and love for Jesus filled with deep gratitude and joy? If…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Compassionate Love – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus “received” the bread and fish that were “offered” from the crowd. He “blessed” them, “broke” them and “shared” them with the great crowds; with “seven basketfuls of scraps”. Ponder on, “How does Jesus too “receive”, “bless”, “break”,…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Everything Jesus Does is Good”: In today’s Gospel, the crowd were deeply inspired by Jesus’ Compassionate Love that healed the deaf and dumb man. They rejoiced and proclaimed, “Everything He does is good.” Ponder on, “Do we have a faith that rejoices in Jesus’ Goodness, Compassion…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Unwavering Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the Syro-Phoenicial (Gentile) woman’s deep faith moved her to seek Jesus’ cure of her daughter’s possessions of an unclean spirit; and her humility gave her the wisdom not to take Jesus’ Compassion for granted. Ponder on, “Is our faith deep and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Living the Faith – Authenticity”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed that the deepest authenticity of our faith and love for God is shown in: the quality of our good deeds, moral living, love, faith and hope in God. Ponder on, “When we live authentically, with Jesus…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Hypocritical Observances” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to the Pharisees and scribes, that they were deceiving others through their hypocritical living. They showed others that they were “religious and holy” but, in truth, Jesus says, “they only honour God with lip-service.” Ponder on, “How…