Daily Word Of GodLuke 21:5-9 When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, ‘All these things you are staring at now - the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another; everything will be destroyed.’ And they put…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 21:1-4 As Jesus looked up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury; and he noticed a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins, and he said, ‘I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them; for these have all put in money…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Widow’s Mite”: When we love and serve the needs of others, especially the poor and the marginalised of our society, we are to do so with sincerity and selfless-generosity. The deeper our gratitude to God for the blessings we received from Him, the more we are…
St Catharine of Alexandria, virgin & martyr34th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 25th November 2019Dan. 1:1-6,8-20; (R. Ps.) Dan. 3:52,53,54,55,56; Lk. 21:1-4 (Ps Wk II) Apart from the doctrine inherent in today's story and especially in Jesus' comment, this passage can act as a test of our knowledge of the incarnate Jesus. Many people…
Venerable Edward Mico, SJBorn: circa 1647 Died: 24 November 1678 Edward Mico was born in Essex, England of Catholic parents. At the age of about fifteen, he enrolled at the English College in Saint-Omer, Flanders and about four years later, he went to the English College in Rome. There Edward became acquainted with the Jesuits…
Christ Our King 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Christ the King :Sunday 24th November 20192 Sam. 5:1-3; Ps. 122(121):1-2,4-5; Col. 1:12-20; L. 23:35-43 (Ps Wk II) There is a saying that absolute power corrupts absolutely. We find many examples in our world of the abuse of power, oppression, injustice, and cruelty. Christ is a different…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Christ the King: Jesus is indeed the King of all kings for all of humanity. He is the divine Son of God, who is the Lord and Saviour of all peoples. Let us pray for a deeper renewal of our faith in Jesus, so that our…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 23:35-40a, 42-43 The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, ‘He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar,…
Blessed Miguel Pro, SJBorn : January 13, 1891 Died : November 23, 1927 Beatified :September 25, 1988 Miguel Pro was born in Guadalupe de Zacatecas, Mexico, and the son of a mining engineer. At fifteen he went to work in his father’s office in the Division of Mines until he was twenty. He was so…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 20:27-29, 31b, 33a, 34-38 Some Sadducees - those who argue that there is no resurrection - approached Jesus and they put this question to him, ‘Master, Moses prescribed for us, if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother.’ Well…