Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (6: 25-34) in which Jesus tells his disciples not to worry about their lives, that the heavenly Father who takes care of the birds of the air, will look after their needs, too, if they seek first the Kingdom of God! After reading the Gospel, [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (9: 28-36) in which Jesus takes Peter, John and James up onto a mountain to pray and there they witness his appearance transform. Fr Paul says this account of the Transfiguration of the Lord can sound embarrassingly magical. Jesus goes up onto a mountain and his face [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (16: 24-28) in which Jesus says, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it’.Fr Paul says this [...]
Today, Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (16: 13-23) in which Simon-Peter declares Jesus to be the Christ, the Son of the Living God, after Jesus asks the disciples, ‘Who do you say I am?’. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St John Vianney, whose [...]
Fr Paul shares in today’s Gospel (Matthew 14: 22-36) the story of Jesus walking on water to His disciples who were in a boat offshore. Fr Paul says, it is often said in this gospel the Christian people are the boat, and St Peter is at the helm. Like every boat crew, everyone, all of us has a part to play.In this gospel we [...]
Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (14: 13-21) in which Jesus feeds a large crowd with just five loaves and two fish. Afterwards, he shares a little about the life of St Alphonsus Liguori whose memorial we celebrate today.St Alphonsus Liguori was born in Marianella near Naples in 1696. He was the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (14: 1-12) which tells how Herod had heard about the reputation of Jesus and likened him to John the Baptist, who Herod had recently beheaded.In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul notes, we hear of the murder of John the Baptist and we hear that Matthew, the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (11: 19-27) in which Jesus comes to Mary and Martha after the death of their brother Lazarus.As we hear in this Gospel, Martha was the sister of Mary of Bethany and Lazarus. Fr Paul notes, her feast comes a week after that of St Mary [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 47-53) in which Jesus shares the parable of the net to explain what the Kingdom of Heaven is like.In this Gospel, Fr Paul says, we hear again parables in relation to the Kingdom and, today, he concentrates on the last part of the Gospel, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 44-46) in which Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to hidden treasure and to a pearl of great value.Fr Paul says these two little parables we hear today tell us that the followers of Jesus must be convinced that the Kingdom of Heaven is [...]