Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 1-9) in which Jesus tells the parable of the sower and what happens when to the seeds, depending on the soil into which they were sown. Like all good teachers Jesus uses pictures or, in this case, parables. In this chapter of Matthew, [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (12: 46-50) in which Jesus says 'Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother'. Fr Paul says the Gospel we hear today tells us two things. The first is that there is no barrier for those who do [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (12: 38-42) in which Jesus responds to the Pharisees' request for a sign by referring to the Old Testament story of Jonah in the belly of the whale. Fr Paul says the Gospel we hear today uses the mysterious title ‘Son of Man’ and after the [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (12: 14-21) in which Jesus, through his example, fulfils the words of the prophet Isaiah, ‘here is my servant whom I have chosen… he will proclaim the truth faith to the nations’. Fr Paul says this past week we’ve heard how Matthew has stressed for us the [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (12: 1-8), in which Jesus is challenged by the Pharisees when his disciples are perceived to break the Sabbath by picking ears of corn to eat when they were hungry. Matthew now tells three stories of Jesus’s own interpretation of the Law stressing his own authority. [...]
Today as we celebrate the life of St Bonaventure, Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (11: 28-30), in which Jesus exclaims, ‘Come to me, all you that labour, and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn of me, for I am gentle, and humble in heart: [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel from Matthew (11: 25-27), in which Jesus says ‘everything has been entrusted to me by my Father’. For Fr Paul this passage really highlights the intimacy between Father and Son in a way no other passage in the Gospels does. The message is not just about [...]
Fr Paul takes a moment to thank God and to express his gratitude to everyone for their care and support over recent weeks since his diagnosis and surgery. He then reads from the Gospel from Matthew (11: 20-24). Fr Paul says, first and foremost, with today’s Gospel we need to keep in mind [...]
Fr Roland Agrisola reads and reflects on the Gospel of Matthew (10: 34 – 11:1) in which Jesus says ‘whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it’. Fr Roland says the mission of Jesus is to bring about reconciliation between human beings [...]
Fr Roland Agrisola reads and reflects on the Gospel of Matthew (10: 24-33) in which Jesus tells the disciples not to be afraid because the Father’s care for them is so great that even the hairs on their heads have been counted. Fr Roland says, like Jesus, the apostles will be persecuted [...]