DGEMs – Daily Gospel E-Messages

Jesus said to the crowds, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man throws seed on the land. Night and day, while he sleeps, when he is awake, the seed is sprouting and growing; how, he does not know. Of its own accord the land produces first the shoot, then the ear,

When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When they were on their way home after the feast, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it.  Three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the doctors, listening to them,

It was Preparation Day, and to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath -- since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity -- the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.  ‘You have heard how it was said to our ancestors: You must not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court. But

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them. I tell you solemnly, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, shall disappear from the Law until its purpose is achieved. 

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled underfoot by men.  ‘You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.