Lord, help me love You and my neighbour1st Week of Lent, Tuesday: 3rd March 2020Is. 55:10-11; Ps. 34(33):4-5,6-7,16-17,18-19; Mt. 6:7-15 (Ps Wk I) When Jesus warns us “In your prayers, do not rattle on like the pagans”, he is not condemning long prayers as such but only those that are marked by a sheer multiplication…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Prayer – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminded His disciples not to “babble in their prayers like the Gentiles.” Instead, pray to glorify God our Father, beg for His Light, Mercy and graces to live according to His Will and for Greater Glory. Let us live a more discerning life with…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 6:7-15 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard. Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So you should pray like this: Our…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Christ’s Presence: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed to His disciples that when they reach out with compassion to those who are: hungry, thirsty, stranger, poor, prisoners and marginalised, they were also loving Him. Let us love everyone with Christ-like compassion, care and respect. Fr Philip Heng, S.J. Matthew 25:31,32b,34-40 Jesus said…
Lord, help me love You and my neighbour1st Week of Lent, Monday: 2nd March 2020Lev. 19:1-2,11-18; Ps. 19(18):8,9,10,15; Mt. 25:31-46 (Ps Wk I) The passage from the Book of Leviticus highlights two basic rules of conduct for a life of holiness. Both rules are related to the divine-human relationship, namely love for God and love…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 25:31, 32b, 34-40 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. He will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. Then the King will…
Servant of God (SG) Igino Lega, SJBorn :October 9, 1879 Died : March 25, 1962 Felix, the tenth of eleven children, was born in the small village of Caviola di Falcade, in the heart of Italy’s Dolomites. He studied at the elementary school operated by his maternal uncle in a nearby village. Later he and…
Servant of God (SG) Igino Lega, SJBorn :November 14, 1911 Died : March 21, 1951 Igino Lega was born in Brisighella , near Ravenna, Italy and was the ninth of eleven children of an old and noble family. His father was a prosperous lawyer and one of his uncles was Cardinal Michele Lega, Prefect of…
Saint Gabriel Lalemant, SJBorn :October 10, 1632 Died : March 17, 1649 Beatified : June 21, 1925 Canonized : June 29, 1930 Gabriel Lalemant was born in Paris and educated at Clermont College. He entered the Jesuit novitiate at nineteen. He had a burning desire to serve as a missionary in New France and when…
Saint John de Brebeuf, SJBorn : March 25, 1593 Died : March 16, 1649 Beatified : June 21, 1925 Canonized : June 29, 1930 John de Brebeuf was born in the diocese of Bayeux in Normandy, France. At the age of twenty four he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Rouen after completing his university studies.…