Servant of God Pedro Arrupe, SJBorn: November 14, 1907 Died: February 5, 1991 Pedro Arrupe, a Spanish Basque and the Society’s twenty-eighth Superior General, was born in Bilbao, Spain. His architect father, Marcelino Arrupe was a man of very staunch faith and was responsible for establishing Spain’s first catholic daily, “La Gaceta del Norte.” Pedro…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Prejudices – Faith: When we have prejudices, as with Jesus’ townsfolks, our minds and hearts will be closed. This will hinder us from trusting God and will keep our faith superficial. Let us pray for the graces to have the wisdom to be able to see…
St Agatha, virgin & martyr4th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 5th February 20202 Sam. 24:2,9-17; Ps. 32(31):1-2,5,6,7; Mk. 6:1-6 (Ps Wk IV) What was wrong with taking a census – a counting of people – in ancient Israel? All nations do this, for we need this information for taxes, military strength, and the workforce.…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:1-6 Jesus went to his home town, and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, ‘Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted…
Saint John de Britto, SJBorn : March 1, 1647 Died : February 4, 1693 Beatified : May 18, 1852 Canonized : June 22, 1947 John de Brito was born in Lisbon, Portugal of Portuguese aristocracy. His father was governor of Rio de Janeiro and John became a member of the royal court when he was…
Blessed John Nelson, SJBorn: Circa 1535 Died: February 3, 1578 Beatified: December 9, 1886 John Nelson was born in Yorkshire round about 1535 and was the son of Sir Nicholas Nelson. He was known for his intense practice of the faith and never feared to practice Catholicism openly although Queen Elizabeth’s government was unfavourable to…
Saint Henry Morse, SJBorn : 1595 Died : February 1, 1645 Beatified : December 15, 1929 Canonized : October 25, 1997 Henry Morse was born of Protestant parents in Suffolk, England. He began his studies at Corpus Christie College, Cambridge but left at the age of seventeen to study law at Barnard’s Inn, London. During…
4th Sunday - Presentation of Our LordMalachi 3:1-4; Ps. 23: 7-10; Hebrews 2:14-18; Gospel of Luke 2:22-40 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 2 February 2020 On this Feast of the Presentation of our Lord, as the Infant Jesus is presented to God in the Temple, where “every…
Daily Word Of GodMark 5:25-31, 33-34 There was a woman who had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years; after long and painful treatment under various doctors, she had spent all she had without being any the better for it; in fact, she was getting worse. She had heard about Jesus, and she came up…
Lord, enlighten us to love each other and bear the burdens of one another4th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 4th February 20202 Sam. 18:9-10,14,24-25, 31 - 9:3; Ps. 86(85):1-2,3-4,5-6; Mk. 5:21-43 (Ps Wk IV) The story of David and Absalom is a good commentary on the futility of war, especially of civil war. It…