Daily Word Of GodMatthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your…
Lord, help me to love you and others as you love20th Week in Ordinary Time: Friday 23rd August 2019St Rose of Lima, virgin Ruth. 1:1,3-6,14-16,22; Ps. 146(145):5-7,8-10; Mt. 22:34-40 (Ps Wk IV) Due to famine, Elimelech, Naomi and their sons left Bethlehem and went to Moab. Elimelech died, the sons married Moabite women and then…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Greatest Commandment: Whatever good we do, however we live, whenever we pray, the deepest and the greatest commandment is to do them out of love for God, Our Lord. All the different ways of loving others must come from this deepest love of our hearts. We…
Servant of God (SG) Joseph Picco, SJ Born: July 4, 1867 Died: August 31, 1946 Joseph Picco was born at Nole Canavese, near Turin, in northern Italy and was the third of ten children. He received his early education from his uncle, the parish priest and enrolled at the apostolic school of Canon Ortalda in…
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, SJBorn: 1585 Died: August 28, 1628 Canonized: December 15, 1929 Canonized: October 25, 1970 Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, SJ, (1585 – 28 August 1628) is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Walesof the Catholic Church. The main source of information on St Edmund is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short…
Saint David Lewis, SJ Born: 1616 Died: August 27, 1679 Beatified: December 15, 1929 Canonized: October 25, 1970 David Lewis, a Welshman, was born in Abergevenny, Gwent, the youngest of 9 children to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother. He was raised as a Protestant and studied at the Royal Grammar School where his…
20th Sunday in Ordinary TimesJeremiah 38:46.8-10; Ps. 39: 2-4.18; Heb. 12:1-4; Gosp. of Luke 12:49-53 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 18 August 2019 Jesus in today’s Gospel proclaims, “I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it was blazing already! There is…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 1:26b-27a, 28-32, 34-35, 38 The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these…
Mary, Queen of Heaven, pray for usThe Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Thursday 22nd August 2019Is. 9:1-6; Ps. 113(112):1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8; Lk. 1:26-38 (Ps Wk IV) The Annunciation account carries a powerful message. It is about Jesus’ identity and God’s plan of salvation for the world. It is about Jesus being fully human and fully divine.…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Queenship of Mary”: In today’s Gospel, the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary, “and you must name Him Jesus. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His ancestor David.” In Mary’s Queenship, she shares her Son’s Kingship. Let us continue to ask Mary, our dear…