Lord, help us to proclaim your Good News to others22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Wednesday 4th September 2019Col. 1:1-8; Ps. 52(51):10,11; Lk. 4:38-44 (Ps Wk II) There is an almost palpable joy that permeates the readings of today. We can sense it in Paul’s words in the first reading. Not only is he happy that…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Evil Spirits – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to leave a possessed man; the powerless devil had to obey. Let us pray for the wisdom, not to be fearful of any evil spirits. They are powerless and terrified whenever we invoke the…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:38-42a Leaving the synagogue Jesus went to Simon's house. Now Simon's mother in law was in the grip of a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Standing over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to serve…
20th Sunday in Ordinary TimesEccle. 3:17-20, 28-29; Ps. 64:4-7.10-11; Heb. 12:18-19.22-24; Gosp. of Luke 14:1.7-14 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 1 september 2019 In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ parable on humility and hospitality, has two distinct, but inseparable parts. In the first part of the parable Jesus was…
St Gregory the Great, Pope and doctor22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Tuesday 3rd September 20191 Thess. 5:1-6,9-11; Ps. 27(26):1,4,13-14; Lk. 4:31-37 (Ps Wk II) In the first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul warns the believers about the coming of the Day of the Lord. It will come upon them when they least expect it because…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:31-37 Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath. And his teaching made a deep impression on them because his word carried authority. In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean devil, and he shouted at the top…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Evil Spirits – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to leave a possessed man; the powerless devil had to obey. Let us pray for the wisdom, not to be fearful of any evil spirits. They are powerless and terrified whenever we invoke the…
Resurrection and life after death ... awaits all believers in Christ Jesus22nd Week in Ordinary Time: Monday 2nd September 20191 Thess. 4:13-18; Ps. 96(95):1,3,4-5,11-13; Lk. 4:16-30 (Ps Wk II) The Old Testament does not seem to have had any clear doctrine concerning the resurrection of the dead: several Psalms wonder how anyone in the Underworld…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, Jesus’ Wisdom: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed words of great wisdom in the synagogue of His home village in Nasara. The Gospels are full of divine Wisdom that Jesus proclaimed. Do we set aside time to ponder on Jesus’ Words and Life and allow its Truth…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 4:16-22a Jesus came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read, and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written: The…