DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Discipleship: In today’s Gospel, Jesus commissions His disciples to proclaim the Good News of Salvation. They are to serve humbly, simply and selflessly in the Spirit. Do not serve out of self-love and glory, but live in the Providence of God who will provide, protect and…
St Benedict, Abbot14th Week in Ordinary Time: Thursday 11th July 2019Gen. 44:18-21,23-29; 45:1-5; Ps. 105(104):16-17,18-19,20-21; Mt. 10:7-15 (Ps Wk II) The long and dramatic story of Joseph and his brothers was ending. His brothers had sold him into slavery, but he had prospered and risen to a rank second only to Pharaoh. Now the brothers…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Empowerment – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus empowered His Twelve disciples with authority to drive out unclean spirits. If we are deeply united with the Holy Spirit and are committed to live the Father’s Will and to love Jesus more personally, the divine power will also…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 10:1-7 Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drive them out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James…
14th Sunday in Ordinary TimesIsaiah 66:10-14; Psalm 65:1-7,16,20; Galatians 6:14-18; Gospel of Luke 10:1-20 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 7 July 2019 In today’s Gospel that we just heard proclaimed, Jesus commissions His seventy-two disciples to go out ahead of Him to bring His “Peace” to all…
Lord, keep the missionary dynamism alive in our hearts ... so as to be effective Missionary Disciples of Jesus.14th Week in Ordinary Time: Wednesday 10th July 2019Gen. 41:55-57; 42:5-7,17-24; Ps. 33(32):2-3,10-11,18-19; Mt. 10:1-7 (Ps Wk II) In the commissioning of the Twelve by Jesus, we are reminded of our mission on earth. We are “to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Evil – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus drove out the demon from the dumb man; “nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.” Yet, the Pharisees tried to deceive the people into thinking that Jesus’ power came from the prince of devils! Ponder on the…
Lord, enlighten the eyes of my mind, so that I can see what hope Your call holds for me!14th Week in Ordinary Time: Tuesday 9th July 2019Gen. 32:23-33; Ps. 17(16):1,2-3,6-7,8,15; Mt. 9:32-38 (Ps Wk II) In the reading from Genesis, Jacob, is on the threshold of a new beginning. He has been away and was…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:32b-38 A man was brought to Jesus, a dumb demoniac. And when the devil was driven out, the dumb man spoke and the people were amazed and said, ‘Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.’ But the Pharisees said, 'It is through the prince of devils that he drives…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:18-26 While Jesus was speaking, suddenly one of the officials came up, who bowed low in front of him and said, ‘My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and her life will be saved.’ Jesus rose and, with his disciples, followed him. Then suddenly from…