DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Faith in Jesus: In today’s Gospel, as the crowd clamouring for Jesus fully packed the house. The friends of the paralytic, stripped the roof, and lowered his body for Jesus to cure. Seeing their faith, Jesus cured him. Ponder on your life and ask yourself, “What…
St Anthony, Abbot1st Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 17th January 20201 Sam. 8:4-7, 10-22; Ps. 69(68):16-17,18-19; Mk. 2:1-12 (Ps Wk I) Have you ever been rejected by someone? It can hurt deeply. Today we hear about God being rejected. The people of Israel are not satisfied with God as their king. They want to…
Redeem us, O Lord, because of Your love1st Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 16th January 20201 Sam. 4:1-11; Ps. 44(43):10-11,14-15, 24-25; Mk. 1:40-45 (Ps Wk I) Many armies depend on powerful secret weapons to win their battles. When the Israelites went to war with the Philistines, they too had a secret weapon — the…
Daily Word Of GodMark 1:40-45 A man suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to Jesus and pleaded on his knees saying, ‘If you are willing, you can cleanse me.’ Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said to him, ‘I am willing. Be cleansed.’ And at once the skin-disease left…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Joy of Faith: In today’s Gospel, the man who was cured of his virulent skin disease, was overjoyed. He could not contain the joy within himself, but proclaimed it to all peoples, even though Jesus warned him not to do so. What is your greatest joyous…
Daily Word Of GodMark 1:32-39 At evening, after sunset, they brought to Jesus all who were sick and those who were possessed by devils. The whole town came crowding round the door, and he cured many who were sick with diseases of one kind or another; he also drove out many devils, but he would…
Lord, help us to discern your will in our life1st Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 15th January 20201 Sam. 3:1-10,19-20; Ps. 40(39):2,5,7-9,10; Mk. 1:29-39 (Ps Wk I) In the cure of Simon’s mother-in-law, Jesus took her hand and helped her up, which symbolizes Jesus ‘raising’ a paralyzed humanity from their sins. As ‘she began…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus Cures: In today’s Gospel, the crowd brought all who were sick, diseased and possessed by devils to Jesus. Jesus cured them all and the evil spirits were terrified of Him. Is our trust for God strong enough to surrender all our worries, trials and helplessness…
Christmas DayIsaiah 52:7-10; Ps. 97:1-6; Hebrews 1:1-6; Gospel of John 1:1-18 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 25th December 2019 In today’s Gospel, St John proclaims, “In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the…
Do you know Jesus well enough? 1st Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 14th January 20201 Sam. 1:9-20; (R. Ps.)1 Sam. 2:1,4-5,6-7,8 Mk. 1:21-28 (Ps Wk I) We may have heard many false stereotypes about Jesus. Sometimes what we think about Him does not corroborate fully with what is written in the New Testament. Some…