Saints Alfonsus Rodriguez, Roch Gonzalez and John Del Castillo, SJ ST ALFONSUS RODRIGUEZ, SJ Born : Mar 10, 1598 ROCH GONZALEZ, SJ Born : 1576 Died : Nov 15, 1628 ST JOHN DEL CASTILLO, SJ Born : Sep 14, 1596 Died : Nov 17, 1628 Canonised : May 16, 1988 Saints Roch Gonzalez, Alfonsus Rodriguez…
Blessed Gaius, SJBorn : 1552 Died : Nov 15, 1624 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Gaius was a youth when his Korean parents offered him to a Buddhist monastery to begin life as a monk. He became dissatisfied with Buddhist teachings about God and left the community and went to live as a hermit in…
Every day and every breath we take is a gift from God 32nd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 15th November 2019Wis. 13:1-9; Ps. 19(18):2-3,4-5; Lk. 17:26-37 (Ps Wk IV) When people see the beauty of nature or contemplate the heavens and stars, they should be led to praise the one responsible for it all…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:30b, 31b-35, 37 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When the day comes for the Son of man to be revealed, no one on the housetop, with his possessions in the house, must come down to collect them, nor must anyone in the fields turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Anyone who tries…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Second Coming”: Jesus cautions His disciples that the “Second Coming” of the Son of Man at the end of the world, would be “sudden” and unexpected. Do we live in the wisdom of the Gospel that offers Eternal Happiness? Are the superficial and materialistic living of…
Saint Joseph Pignatelli , SJBorn: December 27, 1737 Died: November 15, 1811 Beatified: May 21, 1933 Canonized: June 12, 1954 St Joseph Pignatelli was born in Saragossa, Spain, of noble descent. His mother died when he was six, and his father moved with the younger children to Naples but within four years his father also…
32nd Sunday in Ord. Time2nd Macc. 7:1-2,9-14; Ps. 16: 1,5-6,15; 2 Thess. 2:16-3:5; Gospel of Luke 20:27-38 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 10 November 2019 Today’s Gospel invites us to reflect on the quality of the daily living of our faith. Jesus explains to the Sadducees that…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith - Vigilance: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that the “Kingdom of God” comes at a time when we least expect. Let us never take each day for granted. Instead, thank God for all the daily opportunities to love Him more fully, as Jesus has shown…
Jesus says: the kingdom of God is among you.32nd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 14th November 2019Wis 7:22-8:1; Ps. 119(118):89,90,91,130, 135,175; Lk. 17:20-25 (Ps Wk IV) Today’s Gospel encourages us to ask a very important question: What is the kingdom of God? Some people would like to think of the kingdom of God as…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 17:20-25 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, Jesus gave them this answer, ‘The coming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation and there will be no one to say, “Look, it is here! Look, it is there!” For look, the kingdom of…