DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“All Souls Day” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus raised to life; the widow of Nain’s only son. The townspeople glorified God for Jesus’ miraculous deed of Compassion. Ponder on, “As we pray for departed souls, do we have the deep faith in God’s Merciful Love to forgive their sins? Do we look forward to or are we fearful of meeting God when we die?”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 7:11-17
Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. When he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number of the townspeople was with her.
When the Lord saw her he felt sorry for her and said to her, ‘Don’t cry.’ Then he went up and touched the bier and the bearers stood still, and he said, ‘Young man, I tell you: get up.’ And the dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
Everyone was filled with awe and glorified God saying, ‘A great prophet has risen up among us; God has visited his people.’ And this view of him spread throughout Judaea and all over the countryside.