Today, as we celebrate the lives of the Korean saints, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 19-21) in which Jesus declares ‘my mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and put it into practice’. Fr Paul says, for centuries, Korea was closed to all outside influences, and [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 16-18) in which Jesus says ‘No one lights a lamp to cover it with a bowl they put it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light, for nothing is hidden that will not be made clear’. Fr Paul says, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 4-15) in which Jesus tells the parable of the Sower and explains to his disciples what it means. Following the same order as the Gospel of Mark, Fr Paul says, Luke now comes to the group of parables about the Kingdom. The only one [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 1-3) about the women who accompanied Jesus and the twelve as they travelled about the countryside proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about St Cornelius and St Cyprian, whose memorials we celebrate today. Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19: 25-27) which shares the poignant scene of Mary at the foot of Jesus’ Cross. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the feast of ‘Our Lady of Sorrows’, which we celebrate today.Fr Paul says, the devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 13-17) in which Jesus tells Nicodemus ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.’Today, Fr Paul says, as we celebrate the exaltation, the praising, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 11-17) in which Jesus, after seeing the widow weeping, brings her only son back to life. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St John Chrysostom, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says John was born in Antioch [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 1-10) in which a Centurion asks Jesus to come and heal his servant. Fr Paul says the story we hear of the Centurion in Luke’s Gospel is really important to Luke. When Jesus’ first appeared in the synagogue at Nazareth, he had promised that, like [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 43-49) in which Jesus says, ‘every tree can be told by its own fruit’ and ‘a good person draws on what is good from the store of goodness in their heart’. Fr Paul notes that yesterday we heard the first warning and, today, we hear [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 39-42) in which Jesus tells the parable about the difficulties of one blind person leading another. Fr Paul notes as Luke draws his Sermon on the Plain to an end, he gives us two of Jesus’ warnings, both of which are expressed in the vivid [...]