St Matthew, apostle of Jesus, pray for usST MATTHEW, APOSTLE & EVANGELIST : Thursday 21st September 2023Eph. 4:1-7,11-13; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Mt. 9:9-13 (Ps. Wk. IV) Today as we celebrate the feast of St Matthew, an Apostle and evangelist, we recall the amazing way God calls Matthew to discipleship and gives him the apostolate tasks of…
SS Laurent Imbert, bishop, Jaques Chastan, priest (of College General), SS. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, priest, & Paul Chong Ha sang, & Comps. martyrs; pray for us 24th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 20th September 20231 Tim. 3:14-16; Ps. 110:1-2,3-4,5-6; Lk. 7:31-35 (Ps. Wk. IV) Paul emphasised how absolutely real Jesus is – much more…
St Januarius, Bishop & martyr24th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 19th September 20231 Tim. 3:1-13; Ps. 100:1-3,5-6; Lk. 7:11-17 (Ps. Wk. IV) These instructions to bishops from the First Letter to Timothy were written at a time long before celibacy became obligatory for priests in the Church. The writer naturally thinks of a parallel…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Personal Love: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was deeply moved by the death of the only son of a woman in the town of Nain, and raised him to life. Ponder on, “Jesus’ Love for all peoples, is always very personal. He knows our needs, pains…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Deep and Humble Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus praised the Roman centurion’s deep faith and humility. Ponder on, “God will not be able to ‘work miracles’ in our lives and bless us abundantly, if we are proud and take His Love for granted. Do we live…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 7:2-3, 6-9 A centurion there had a servant, a favourite of his, who was sick and near death. Having heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and heal his servant. So Jesus went with them, and was not very far from the house…
Lord, help me to be more prayerful 24th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 18th September 20231 Tim. 2:1-8; Ps. 27:2,7-9; Lk. 7:1-10 (Ps. Wk. IV) The passage from the first reading in the letter to Timothy is a long exhortation by Paul on “household duties”. If, in his earlier letters, Paul references the “duties”…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 18:21-25a, 26a, 27-28, 30b, 32-33 Peter went up to Jesus and said, ‘Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times. ‘And so the kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:46-49 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Why do you call me, “Lord, Lord” and not do what I say? ‘Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them - I will show you what such a person is like. Such a person is like the man…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 19:25-27 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This…