July 20th: Servant of God Raymond Artigues, SJBorn : December 29, 1902 Died : July 20, 1936 Fr Raymond Artigues, the first priest to be martyred in the diocese of Lerida during the Spanish Civil War, was born in Lerida, Spain. He began his studies for the priesthood at the local diocesan seminary in 1915…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith - Action: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that even the Son of God, lives a life of simplicity and detachment from material comforts. This is because living God’s Will and loving God must be our wholehearted focus and foundation of our daily human experiences, and…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 8:18-22 When Jesus saw the crowd all about him he gave orders to leave for the other side. One of the scribes then came up and said to him, ‘Master, I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus said, ‘Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but…
Following Christ...regardless of the cost!13th Week in Ordinary Time: Monday 1st July 2019Gen. 18:16-33; Ps. 103(102):1-2,3-4,8-9, 10-11; Mt. 8:18-22 (Ps Wk I) We live in a moral universe. There is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, and we are accountable. This is a comforting thought, especially when we are faced with the profound injustice and corruption of our…
July 18th: Servant of God Jacques Sevin, SJBorn : December 7, 1882 Died : July 19, 1951 Fr Jacques Sevin was born in Lille, France but spent most of his youth in Tourcoing, Belgium where he studied, first at the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels and later at the Sacred Heart College.…
July 15th: Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo and 39 Companion, SJBorn : 1527 Died : July 15, 1570 (aged 42–43) Atlantic Ocean, near the Canary islands Beatified : 11 May 1854 by Pope Pius IX Feast : 17 July Ignatius de Azevedo was born in Oporto, Portugal. He entered the Society at Coimbra on December 28,…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 9:51-56 As the time drew near for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely turned his face towards Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because he…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Emotions – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the Jews and the Gentiles were enemies, but Jesus proclaimed a faith of unity, peace and eternal life. We are all brothers and sisters of God who created us. Ponder on, “When we are angry, fearful and insecure, we tend…
World Communications Sunday13th Week in Ordinary Time: Sunday 30th June 20191 Kgs 19:16,19-21; Ps. 16(15):1-2,5,7-8, 9-10,11; Gal. 5:1,13-18; Lk. 9:51-62 (Ps Wk I) Through concrete stories, Scripture teaches us lessons which nowadays we would express in more abstract terms — lessons about commitment and responsibilities, personality types and character differences, generosity and unconditional love, reluctance…
July 4th: Saint Anthony Daniel, SJBorn: May 27, 1601 Died: July 4, 1648 Beatified: June 21, 1925 Canonized: June 29, 1930 Fr Daniel was born in Dieppe, France. He gave up his law studies to enter the Jesuit novitiate at Rouen. He studied Theology at Clermont College in Paris and was ordained in 1631. He…