Blessed Charles Spinola,SJ; Sebastian Kimura,SJ and CompanionsBl Charles Spinola, SJ Born: 1564 Died: September 10, 1622 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Bl Sebastian Kimura , SJ Born: 1565 Died: September 10, 1622 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Charles Spinola was born in Madrid, Spain. His father the Italian Count of Tassarolo, was tutor to Prince…
Lord, help me to offer my life to you as a blank cheque...23rd Week in Ordinary Time: Sunday 8th September 2019Wis. 9:13-18; Ps. 90(89):3-4,5-6,12-13,14,17; Phm. 9b-10,12-17; Lk. 14:25-33 (Ps Wk III) For all our supposed sophistication these days we apparently are not very good at estimating what things will cost. We are so accustomed to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Christ-like Love: The depth of the love we have for others and for God depends on the depth of our commitment and fidelity. The crosses of our faith are the tests of the depth of our Christ-like Love. Jesus willingly embraced His Cross and died out…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 14:25-28, 31, 33 Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. No one who does not carry his cross and come after…
St Peter Claver, SJBorn : June 26, 1580 Died: Sept. 8, 1654 Beatified: July 16,1850 Canonized: January 15,1888 St Peter Claver was born in Catalonia, Spain, and the youngest of 4 children of a well-to-do country farmer. At 13, Peter already decided to become a priest. At 16, he went to Barcelona to study at…
S.G. Richard Tena, SJBorn : Dec 1877 Died: Sept 8, 1936 Richard Tena was born at Azuaga, in the province of Badajoz, near the Portuguese border. At seventeen, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Granada on August 3, 1894. After his early studies there, he spent a year teaching in Malaga before going for further…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 6:1-5 One Sabbath Jesus was walking through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath day?’ Jesus answered them, ‘So you have not read what…
Be conscious of other's needs rather than keeping rules and laws22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Saturday 7th September 2019Col. 1:21-23; Ps. 54(53):3-4,6,8; Lk. 6:1-5 (Ps Wk II) In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus pointed out an important aspect of Christian living. For Jesus, the human person is more important than the observance of the law of…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “The Sabbath”: Observance of the Sabbath Laws and the Sunday obligations for Catholics should not be done rigidly, blindly and inhumanely. If we are not able to attend Mass due to illness, the caring of someone in great need, etc. such compassionate reasons justify the non-attendance…
Servant of God Emmanuel Gonzalez; Joseph Sanchez and 2 CompanionsS.G. EMMANUEL GONZALEZ , SJ Born: Oct 17, 1889 Died: Sep 8, 1936 S.G. JOSEPH SANCHEZ & 2 COMPANIONS , SJ Born: Nov 10, 1891 Died: Sep 8, 1936 Fr Emmanuel Gonzalez Hernandez, Fr Joseph Sanchez Oliva, Bros Dominic Ibarlucea Oregui and Anthony Sanchiz Martinez were…