My soul give thanks to the Lord and never forget all his blessings!15th Week in Ordinary Time: Wednesday 17th July 2019Ex.3:1-6,9-12; Ps. 103(102):1-2,3-4,6-7; Mt. 11:25-27 (Ps Wk III) In today’s Gospel of Matthew Jesus has just commented on the general population as being like unresponsive children who want neither to play weddings nor funerals. (Like…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:25-27 Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Wisdom – Faith: Having true wisdom is knowing and living in God’s Truth of Salvation. In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that such divine Truths are not acquired through intellectual knowledge, but revealed by God our Father, or to whom Jesus chooses to reveal. Ponder on, “How…
15th Sunday in Ordinary TimesDeut.30:10-14; Psalm 68: 14.17.30-31.33-34.36-37; Col. 1:15-20; Gospel of Luke 10:25-37 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 14 July 2019 There is a story of a very stingy person Jack who, one day struck the lottery of $3m dollars, but he didn’t know about it. …
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 11:20-24 Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked, because they refused to repent. ‘Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Obstinacy: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was saddened and upset at the people’s obstinacy to repent from their sinful living. Miracles did not have any effects on their hardness of hearts. Are we receptive to the Spirit’s inner stirrings to live a more moral, compassionate and Christ-centered…
Our Lady of Mount Carmel15th Week in Ordinary Time: Tuesday 16th July 2019Ex. 2:1-15; Ps. 69(68):3,14,30-31,33-34; Mt. 11:20-24 (Ps Wk III) The people of Jesus’ time had no excuse for not joining his movement. He had given enough evidences to show that the way shown by him was the best for the future of humanity.…
St Bonaventure, bishop and doctor15th Week in Ordinary Time: Monday 15th July 2019Ex. 1:8-14,22; Ps. 124(123):1-3,4-6,7-8; Mt. 10:34-11:1 (Ps Wk III) The new king in Egypt was bad news for the Israelites. The Egyptians were afraid of them because they were numerous and dwelling in the land. This is similar to the fear many have…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Loving God Fully: There are no inconsistencies in today’s Gospel, when Jesus demands His Twelve Apostles who wish to follow Him, to be totally detached from family, friends and finances. Only with such freedom, can God’s graces enable us to serve God and His people wholeheartedly.…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:37-42 Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘No one who prefers father or mother to me is worthy of me. No one who prefers son or daughter to me is worthy of me. Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me. Anyone…