Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (9: 35-10: 1, 6-8), in which Jesus tells the disciples that ‘the harvest is rich but the labourers are few’ and ‘you received without charge, give without charge’. Fr Paul says in the Gospel today, Jesus fulfills the prophetic promises by sending out the disciples urgently [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Mark (16: 15-20), in which Jesus commissions the disciples to ‘Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation’. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Francis Xavier, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (7: 21, 24-27), in which Jesus says those who do the will of his Father will enter the kingdom and ‘those who listen to these words of mine and acts on them will be like the sensible man who built his house on the rock’. Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (15: 29-37), in which great crowds came to hear and be healed by Jesus, who feeds them using only seven loaves and a few small fish. Fr Paul says, like Mark, Matthew has two stories of the wonderful feeding of large crowds. One is the feeding [...]
Today as we celebrate the feast of St Andrew, Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (4: 18-22), in which Jesus calls Simon (later called Peter) and his brother Andrew. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Andrew. Andrew was born in Bethsaida in Galilee and as we learn in today’s Gospel [...]
Fr Paul notes the change from the green liturgical colour of Ordinary time to the purple of Advent as we prepare for the coming Christmas season. He reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (8: 5-11), in which the Centurion asks Jesus to come and heal his servant, who is paralysed and in great pain. [...]
Fr Paul reads the last Gospel for this liturgical year, from Luke’s Gospel (21: 34-36), in which Jesus tells the disciples to ‘Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to stand with confidence stand before the Son of Man”. Fr Paul says [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (21: 29-33), in which Jesus tells the disciples ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away’. Fr Paul says, as we come to the end of our Church’s year the parable of the fig tree is meant to keep us alert [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (21: 20-28), in which Jesus foretells the destruction of Jerusalem and of a time when the powers of heavens will be shaken and when they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Fr Paul says, again, we are [...]
As today we celebrate the lives of St Andrew Dung-Lac and companions, Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (21: 12-19), in which Jesus tells his disciples, “I will give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of opponents will be able to contradict or resist”. Fr Paul says today’s Gospel is [...]