DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Jesus’ Compassion” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus “felt sorry for the widow’s only son, who had died, and raised him to life. Ponder on, “The widow did not ask Jesus for the miracle, yet Jesus’ Compassion moved Him to raise her son. Are we aware of Jesus’ Compassionate miracles in our lives? Reflect on our lives more deeply, and ‘discover’ such miracles.”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 7:11-17
Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. Now when he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number of the townspeople was with her.
When the Lord saw her he felt sorry for her and said to her, ‘Don’t cry.’ Then he went up and touched the bier and the bearers stood still, and he said, ‘Young man, I tell you: get up.’ And the dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
Everyone was filled with awe and glorified God saying, ‘A great prophet has risen up among us; God has visited his people.’ And this view of him spread throughout Judaea and all over the countryside.