(Matthew 8: 1-4) Jesus heals the leper In the Gospel of Matthew (8: 1-4) that Fr Paul reads today, Jesus has just come down from delivering the Sermon on the Mount and we hear about Jesus cleansing a leper. Fr Paul says that in Matthew’s Gospel there are ten wonders or miracles worked [...]
Listen to these words and act on them Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (7: 21-29), which brings to an end the Sermon on the Mount. Fr Paul says Jesus ends this sermon with both a threat and a promise. The threat we hear at the beginning is that we can’t [...]
Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (1:57-66, 80) and says it is interesting to note that no other saint, except the Blessed Virgin Mary, has a feast to celebrate their birthday. John the Baptist has two feasts celebrated during the Church’s year [...]
Treat others as you would like them to treat you Fr Paul says we are winding down towards the end of the Sermon on the Mount in today’s Gospel (Matthew 7: 6, 12-14) in which we hear one verse, then skip over five verses that talk about asking, seeking and knocking. The [...]
Do not judge and you will not be judged After Fr Paul reads today’s gospel (Matthew 7:1-5) he shares a bit about the lives of the two saints whose feast we celebrate, St Thomas More and St John Fisher. Thomas More was born in London in 1478 and was the son of [...]
Mary stored all these things in her heart After Fr Paul reads today’s gospel (Luke 2:41-51) he draws our attention to the last line… ‘His mother, Mary, stored all these things in her heart’. As we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Fr Paul acknowledges these words as the [...]
I am gentle and humble of heart After reading today’s gospel (Matthew 11: 25-30), Fr Paul shares with us a beautiful reflection on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Pius XII gave an encyclical about the Sacred Heart of Jesus and in it, he writes ‘Jesus has loved us [...]
Jesus teaches the people to pray the Our Father Matthew’s Gospel (6:7-15) today, expands on one of the topics mentioned in yesterdays’ Gospel – Prayer. Fr Paul provides a context for this passage letting us know that it comes in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus is talking [...]
Jesus talks about prayer, alms giving and fasting In today’s Gospel (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18), Jesus talks about the three works of Judaism: Prayer, Alms Giving and Fasting. Reflecting on the Gospel, Fr Paul says Jesus uses repetition to make his point about these three concerns. It reminds him of the way a [...]
Love your enemies Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (5:43-48), which presents the last of six contrasts delivered by Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount. This one is about loving your enemies. Jesus reflects early in this Gospel that we’ve learned to love but that we’ve also learned to hate. He challenges [...]