Servant of God (SG), Goncalo da Silveira, SJBorn :February 23, 1526 Died : March 15, 1561 Fr Goncalo da Silveira, the Society’s first martyr on the African continent, was born in Almeirim, near Lisbon, Portugal. He was the tenth child of the Count of Sortelha and was brought up for a position in the royal…
Saint Nicholas Owen, SJDied : March 2, 1606 Beatified : December 15, 1929 Canonized : October 25, 1970 Nicholas Owen was born in Oxford on an unrecorded date in the 16th century. His father was a carpenter and two of his three brothers were priests. His first association with the Jesuits was from 1580 to…
Servant of God (SG), Francisco Eusebio Kino, SJBorn : Around August 10, 1645 (his date of Baptism) Died : March 15, 1711 Eusebio was born in Segno, a village near Trent in northern Italy. He studied at the Jesuit school at Trent and won a scholarship to study at the college in Hall, near Innsbruck…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 4:1-3a, 7-11 Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry, and the tester came and Jesus said to him, Scripture also says: Do not put the Lord…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Faith – Tested: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was tempted and tested by the devil to give up His fasting. The devil also deceptively offered Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world” if only Jesus were to pay him homage. Be strong in our faith at all times. God will never fail…
Lord, help me to be faithful to you1st Sunday of Lent (A) : 1st March 2020Gen. 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps. 51(50):3-4,5-6,12-13,14,17; Rom. 5:12-19; Mt. 4:1-11 (Ps Wk I) When ancient people wanted to express a profound and essential truth, they told a story. The Garden of Eden is one of these stories, and it explains why…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:27-32 Jesus noticed a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax office, and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And leaving everything Levi got up and followed him. In his honour Levi held a great reception in his house, and with them at table was a large gathering of tax…
Lord, lead me back Saturday after Ash Wednesday : 29th February 2020 Is. 58:9-14; Ps. 86(85):1-2,3-4,5-6; Lk. 5:27-32 (Ps Wk IV) We continue during these first few days after Ash Wednesday to deepen our understanding of what the Lenten season should mean to us. We begin a journey of repentance and conversion that will lead…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Sinners – Faith: In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees complained that Jesus was mingling with tax collectors and sinners. Jesus replied that the sick needs the doctor; not the ones who are well. Do we reach out to sinners with compassion and humility or do we disassociate ourselves from them, with self-righteousness?…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 9:14-15 John's disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from…