Servant of God FRANCIS RODRIGUES da CRUZ, SJ Born: July 29, 1859 Died: October 1, 1948 Francis Rodrigues da Cruz, was born in Alcochete, near Lisbon, Portugal. He was the fourth of six children of a timber lumberer. When he was nine, he and his brother went to Lisbon to continue their studies at the…
St Therese of the Child Jesus26th Week in Ordinary Time: Tuesday 1st October 2019Is. 66:10-14; Ps. 132(131):1-3; Mt. 18:1-5 (Ps Wk II) These days a great stress is placed on adult autonomy and the freedom of the individual. This seems somewhat embarrasing in the face of the Kingdom values. However, a look at reality will…
Daily Word Of GodMatthew 18:1-5 The disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them. Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Kingdom of Heaven”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims that to be the “greatest” in the “Kingdom of Heaven,” we need to become childlike in our attitude and behaviour. This is lived in its fullness, when we become more like Jesus. Pray for the grace of childlike…
26th Sunday in Ordinary Times,Amos 6:1. 4-7; Ps. 145:6-10; 1 Tim. 6: 11-16; Gospel of Luke 16: 19-3 Preached by Msgr Philip Heng, SJ at Cathedral of Good Shepherd, Singapore on 29 September 2019 The Gospel story that Jesus tells the Pharisees, of the “rich man and Lazarus” the poor man is very familiar to…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Dear Friend in the Lord, “Least and Greatest”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaims a radical way of living in the humility of His Father’s Love. We all need to embrace God our Father’s Love and Will, as Jesus has shown us. If we are assertive and arrogant, we will never have…
Show concern for the poor and downtrodden26th Week in Ordinary Time: Monday 30th September 2019Zec. 8:1-8; Ps. 102(101):16-18,19-21,29, 22-23; Lk. 9:46-50 (Ps Wk II) In today’s first reading and in the responsorial psalm we have a lovely image of God gathering His people from all the places where they have been scattered - from the…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 9:46-50 An argument started between the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child whom he set by his side and then he said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes…
Show concern for the poor and downtrodden26th Week in Ordinary Time: Sunday 29th September 2019Am. 6:1,4-7; Ps. 146(145):6-7,8-9a,9bc-10; 1 Tim. 6:11-16; Lk. 16:19-31 (Ps Wk II) The Old Testament prophets like Amos were not fortune tellers. They were concerned with the situation in the society in which they were living. They warned that if the…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 16:19-21a, 22-25 Jesus said to the Pharisees: ‘There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there used to lie a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with what fell from…