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 [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 36-43) in which Jesus explains the parable of the weeds in the field to his disciples. Afterwards, he shares a little about the lives of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of our Blessed Virgin Mary, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says, an [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (20: 20-28) in which the mother of Zebedee’s sons comes to Jesus with her sons to ask a favour of him. Fr Paul says James was the brother of John and, like his brother, James was a fisherman by trade. James was also one of the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 24-30) in which Jesus tells another parable about weeds in the harvest.Fr Paul says Matthew, in this Gospel, follows up the parable of the sower with another parable about different kinds of seed and sowing focused on the fact that the Church includes bad [...]