DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Purity of Intentions” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus said to His host; the lawyers and Pharisees, “invite the poor and crippled, the lame and blind, so that as they have no means to repay you; God will repay you.” Ponder on, “When we do good deeds, do we ‘long’ to be ‘repaid’, praised and glorified or do we only want God to be glorified?”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 14:12-14
Jesus said to his host, ‘When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relations or rich neighbours, in case they invite you back and so repay you. No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; then you will be blessed, for they have no means to repay you and so you will be repaid when the upright rise again.’