26th Sunday in Ordinary Times,Amos 6:1. 4-7; Ps. 145:6-10; 1 Tim. 6: 11-16; Gospel of Luke 16: 19-3 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 29 September 2019 The Gospel story that Jesus tells the Pharisees, of the “rich man and Lazarus” the poor man is very familiar to…
25th Sunday in Ordinary Times,Amos 8:4-7; Ps. 112: 1-2. 4-8; Tim. 2: 1-8; Gosp. of Luke 16: 1-13 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 22 september 2019 In today’s Gospel, Jesus touches on the very sensitive topic of money. When the Church or priest preaches and talks about…
24th Sunday in Ordinary Times,Ex 32:7-11.13-14; Ps. 50:3-4.12-13.17.19; Tim. 1:12-17; Gosp. of Luke 15: 1-32. Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 15 september 2019 The Parables of the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and Lost Son are very familiar to everyone . . . However, let us not allow…
23th Sunday in Ordinary Times,Wis. 9:13-18; Ps. 89:3-5.12-14.17; Philen 1:9-10.12-17; Gosp. of Luke 14: 25-33 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 8 september 2019 Jesus in today’s Gospel poses a very big challenge to the crowd and also to you and to me. He proclaimed that we are…
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…
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…
19th Sunday in Ordinary TimesWisdom 18:6-9; Ps. 32: 1.12.18-20. Heb. 11:1-2.8-19; Gosp. of Luke 12:32-48 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 11 August 2019 In today’s Gospel of St Luke that we just heard, Jesus proclaims to His disciples, “There is no need to be afraid, little flock,…
18th Sunday in Ordinary TimesGen. 18:20-31; Psalm 137: 1-3.6-8; Col. 2:12-14; Gospel of Luke 11:1-13 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 4 August 2019 Today’s theme of the Gospel very concretely relates the meaning of the material possessions and riches of our lives with the reality of death…
17th Sunday in Ordinary TimesGen. 18:20-31; Psalm 137: 1-3.6-8; Col. 2:12-14; Gospel of Luke 11:1-13 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 28 July 2019 In today’s Gospel, Jesus taught His disciples to pray to His Heavenly Father, through the “Our Father” prayer, so that they would be able…
16th Sunday in Ordinary TimesGen. 18:1-10; Psalm 14:2-5; Col. 1:24-28; Gospel of Luke 10:3-42 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 21 July 2019 We are all very familiar with the episode of Martha and Mary in the Gospel that we just heard proclaimed. We all know that Martha…