Nativity of Our Lord JesusChristmas Day : Wednesday 25th December 2019Is 52:7-10; Ps. 97(96):1-6, 11-12; Hebr.1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 (Psalter proper) Perhaps we can remember a time when we had some wonderful news to share and we couldn’t wait! We ran and breathlessly blurted out the good news. Isaiah paints a similar picture – someone running…
Servant of God John Peter Medaille, SJBorn: October 6, 1616 Died: December 30, 1669 Canonized : May 21, 19 25 John Peter Medaille was born in Carcassone, in southern France of a well-to-do and noble family. His father was the king’s attorney in the Carcassone courts. Nothing is known of John’s early education, but because…
Saint Peter Canisius, SJBorn : May 8, 15 21 Died : December 21, 1597 Beatified : 1864 Feast Day : 27th April Canonized : May 21, 19 25 Peter Canisius was born in Nijmegen, though a Dutch town today, was at the time of his birth in the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, had the rights…
Blessed Michael Nakashima, SJBorn : 1583 Died : Dec 25,1628 Beatified : 1867 Michael Nakashima was born in Machiai, in today’s prefecture of Kumamoto, Japan, of non-Christian parents. He was baptized at the age of eleven by Fr John Baptist de Baeza and as a young man, he took a private vow of chastity and…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, God Almighty: In today’s Gospel John proclaims that God is almighty. He created the universe and everything that exists. More importantly, God in His fullness of Love, created the human person, in His Image and Likeness. He loves us at all times and when we accept…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 1:1, 9-14 In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word was the real light that gives light to everyone; he was coming into the world. He was in the world that had come into being through him, and the world did…
4th Sunday in AdventIsaiah 35:1-6.10; Ps. 145:6-10; James 5:7-10; Gospel of Matthew 11:2-11 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 22 December 2019 If either Mary or Joseph did not say “yes” when the angel presented God’s Will to them, God’s Plan of Salvation for the human race would…
4th Week of Advent4th Week of Advent : Tuesday 24th December 20192 Sam. 7:1-5,8-12,14,16; Ps. 89(88):2-3,4-5,27,29; Lk. 1: 67-79 (Ps Wk IV) What does God need? Nothing – except our love and our fidelity. David was carried away by feelings of gratitude for all that God had done for him. He wanted to build God…
Servant of God William Eberschweiler, SJBorn: December 5, 1837 Died: December 23, 1921 William Eberschweiler, the eldest of five boys of a family of seven children, was born in Puttlingen, Germany. As a child, his family moved to Bitburg where he attended the parish school and later in 1851 went to Trier for his secondary…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Shepherds – The Poor: When the Child Jesus, the Messiah was born, the angels first announced the Good News first to the shepherds. They are the poorest of the poor, yet treated with greatest respect and preferential love. Let us see God in the poor and…