Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 18-23) in which the disciples listen as Jesus explains the Parable of the Sower. Fr Paul says if you are like him, it’s not always easy to grow things. Sometimes what he plants does not grow. Sometimes what he plants dies, no matter how [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 10-17) in which disciples ask Jesus why he talks to the people in Parables. Fr Paul says in today’s Gospel today the question the disciples ask is a question that you and I might also ask – why all the parables? Why all these [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 1-9) in which Jesus tells the parable of the farmer who went out to sow his seed to the large crowds gathered around him by the lake. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Joachim and St Anne, whose feast we celebrate today. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (20: 20-28) in which the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favour of him. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St James, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says St James [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 38-42) in which some of the Scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Master, we want to see a sign from you”. Fr Paul says we hear in this Gospel the Scribes and the Pharisees asking for a sign from Jesus to test him. In [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (20: 1-2, 11-18) in which tells of Mary Magdalene’s visit to the tomb of Jesus where she saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Mary of Magdala, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 1-8) in which the disciples of Jesus were hungry and began pick and eat some corn as they were going through the cornfields with him on the Sabbath. Fr Paul says, this Gospel is again another example of Jesus challenging the rigid mindset of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 25-27) in which Jesus says, “I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever, and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for this is what it pleased to do.” Fr Paul says, this [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 20-24) in which Jesus reproaches the towns where most of his miracles had been worked because they refused to repent. Fr Paul says, the failure of the Jews to respond to the Messiah was one of the sadness’s of the first Christian generation. So, [...]