Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:33-38 The Pharisees and the scribes said to Jesus, ‘John's disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees, too, but yours go on eating and drinking.’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely you cannot make the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them? But the time…
Jesus, you are my all in all22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Friday 6th September 2019Col. 1:15-20; Ps. 100(99):2,3,4,5; Lk. 5:33-39 (Ps Wk II) Today’s Gospel reading involves the third conflict (1st on Forgiveness of sin Lk. 5:17-26 and 2nd on Call of Levi and fellowship with sinners Lk. 5:27-32). This 3rd conflict deals with the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus – “New Wine”: Reflect on our lives more deeply, and ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten us on the gift of faith in Jesus, our Risen Lord, who offers us eternal happiness. The Spirit enlightens our minds and fills our hearts with Jesus’ Truth and…
Saints Melchior Grodziecki and Stephen Pongracz , SJSt. Melchoir Grodziecki Born : 1584 Died : Sept. 7,1619 Beatified : 1905 Canonised : July 2, 1995 St Stephen Pongracz, SJ Born: 1583 Died: Sept 7,1619 Beatified: 1905 Canonized: July 2, 1995 Frs Melchior Grodziecki and Stephen Pongracz became acquainted when they were both at the Jesuit…
S.G. Francis Mary Galluzzi, SJBorn : Jan 9, 1671 Died: Sept 7, 1731 Francis Mary Galluzzi was born in Florence, Italy. He attended the Jesuit school of San Giovannino there and entered the Roman novitiate of Sant’ Andrea at seventeen. He took his simple vows two years later and began his study of the humanities,…
Blessed Ralph Corby, SJBorn : Around 1570 Died : September 7, 1627 Beatified: May 7, 1867 Ralph Corby was born in Ireland, in Maynooth Castle, the home of the Earl of Kildare, where his English parents took up service after they fled their native County Durham because Catholicism was being persecuted there. When Ralph was…
Blessed Thomas Tsuji, SJBorn : Around 1570 Died : September 7, 1627 Beatified: May 7, 1867 Fr Thomas Tsuji was born in Sonogi, near Omura of a noble family. He received his early education from the Jesuits in Arima and entered the Society in January 1589. He was ordained a Jesuit in Nagasaki sometime before…
St Teresa of Kolkata22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Thursday 5th September 2019Col. 1:9-14; Ps. 98(97):2-4,5-6; Lk. 5:1-11 (Ps Wk II) Patient endurance is something we all need, especially in our scary and negative world. Colossians invites us to pray for the spirit of wisdom and understanding, so that we may be transformed and live joyful…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Trusting Jesus: Each of us has different needs in our lives, and as finite and forgiven sinners, there are times when we become “impatient” with God, when He does not seem hear our pleas for His Mercy. Trust Jesus more wholeheartedly to give us what His…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:4b-11 Jesus said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ Simon replied, ‘Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done this they netted such a…