Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 11-28) in which Jesus tells the parable of the King who gives money to his servants to invest. Fr Paul says the parable in today’s Gospel has been developed out of the same material as Matthew’s parable of the talents. The chief difference though that [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 1-10) in which Zacchaeus, who climbed a sycamore tree to get a better view of Jesus as he passed, is seen and called down by Jesus, who say ‘I must stay at your house today’. Fr Paul says this story of the rich little tax-collector [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (18: 35-43) in which the blind man hearing the crowd as Jesus was passing by, cries out ‘Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me’. Fr Paul says the healing story we hear today of the blind man at Jericho comes in all three synoptic gospels, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (18: 1-8) in which Jesus tells his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Josaphat whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul notes St Josaphat was [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (17: 26-37) in which Jesus says, ‘anyone who tries to preserve their life will lose it, and anyone who loses their life will keep it safe’. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Martin of Tours whose memorial [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (17: 20-25) in which Jesus tells his disciples ‘the Kingdom of God is among you’. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Leo the Great whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul notes St Leo was born in Etruria [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (2: 13-22) in which Jesus drives the money changers out of the temple saying ‘take all of this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market’. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the Dedication of the Lateran [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (17: 7-10) in which Jesus says to his disciples ‘when you have done all you have been told to do, say, ‘We are merely servants; we have done no more than our duty’’.Fr Paul says the two sections of this Gospel reading might, at first [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (17: 1-6) in which Jesus says to his disciples ‘obstacles are sure to come but alas to the person who provides them’.Fr Paul says the Gospel we’ve heard today shows us that Luke is using the sayings of Jesus that he has access to. Both [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (16: 1-8) in which Jesus tells his disciples a parable about the dishonest steward. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Charles Borromeo, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul notes, Charles Borromeo was born in a castle [...]