DGEMs – Daily Gospel E-Messages

Jesus told a parable to his disciples, ‘Can one blind person guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit? The disciple is not superior to teacher; the fully trained disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the plank in your own? ‘How

This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had

Fixing his eyes on his disciples Jesus said: ‘How happy are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of God. ‘Happy are you who are hungry now: you shall be satisfied.  ‘Happy are you who weep now: you shall laugh. ‘Happy are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your

Jesus went onto the hills to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called

On the sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure a man on the sabbath, hoping to find something to use against him. But he knew their thoughts; and

Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.  ‘And indeed, which