St Teresa of Kolkata22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Thursday 5th September 2019Col. 1:9-14; Ps. 98(97):2-4,5-6; Lk. 5:1-11 (Ps Wk II) Patient endurance is something we all need, especially in our scary and negative world. Colossians invites us to pray for the spirit of wisdom and understanding, so that we may be transformed and live joyful…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Trusting Jesus: Each of us has different needs in our lives, and as finite and forgiven sinners, there are times when we become “impatient” with God, when He does not seem hear our pleas for His Mercy. Trust Jesus more wholeheartedly to give us what His…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:4b-11 Jesus said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ Simon replied, ‘Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done this they netted such a…
Lord, help us to proclaim your Good News to others22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Wednesday 4th September 2019Col. 1:1-8; Ps. 52(51):10,11; Lk. 4:38-44 (Ps Wk II) There is an almost palpable joy that permeates the readings of today. We can sense it in Paul’s words in the first reading. Not only is he happy that…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Evil Spirits – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to leave a possessed man; the powerless devil had to obey. Let us pray for the wisdom, not to be fearful of any evil spirits. They are powerless and terrified whenever we invoke the…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:38-42a Leaving the synagogue Jesus went to Simon's house. Now Simon's mother in law was in the grip of a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Standing over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to serve…
20th Sunday in Ordinary TimesEccle. 3:17-20, 28-29; Ps. 64:4-7.10-11; Heb. 12:18-19.22-24; Gosp. of Luke 14:1.7-14 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 1 september 2019 In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ parable on humility and hospitality, has two distinct, but inseparable parts. In the first part of the parable Jesus was…
St Gregory the Great, Pope and doctor22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Tuesday 3rd September 20191 Thess. 5:1-6,9-11; Ps. 27(26):1,4,13-14; Lk. 4:31-37 (Ps Wk II) In the first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul warns the believers about the coming of the Day of the Lord. It will come upon them when they least expect it because…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:31-37 Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath. And his teaching made a deep impression on them because his word carried authority. In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean devil, and he shouted at the top…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Evil Spirits – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to leave a possessed man; the powerless devil had to obey. Let us pray for the wisdom, not to be fearful of any evil spirits. They are powerless and terrified whenever we invoke the…