Tony Worner, Leader of Formation at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, today reads the Gospel of Luke (11:29-32) in which Jesus speaks of the Sign of Jonah.Tony says, the phrase “it is asking for a sign” jumped out at him in today’s Gospel. Tony asks us to think back to Pope John XXIII who called for a ‘renewal’ [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, today reads the Gospel of Luke (11:27-28), in which Jesus speaks to the crowd about the blessed being those who hear the Word of God.Tony says, because there is only a very short Gospel text today, he will focus on the words Jesus said to [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, today reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38) in which the birth of Jesus is foretold. After reading the Gospel Tony shares a little about the memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, which we celebrate today.Tony says, Pope Pius V first [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, today reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 5-13) in which Jesus says ‘Ask and it will be given to you; search and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives; the [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, joins us again to present today’s Gospel Reflection while Fr Paul is on leave and reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 1-4) in which Jesus teaches his disciples to pray. Reflecting on this Gospel, Tony says, Ron Rolheiser, a Catholic priest and [...]
While Fr Paul is away over the next three weeks, we will have guest presenters sharing our daily Gospel reflections. This week Tony Worner, Leader of Formation at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish joins us. Before Tony reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11:25-30) in which Jesus invites everyone to ‘Come to me, all [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 25-37) in which Jesus, tells the parable of the Good Samaritan, who stops along his journey to help a stranger.Fr Paul notes that to many a Jew at the time of Jesus there is no such thing as a ‘good’ Samaritan. It was simply [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 17-24) in which Jesus says, ‘Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father’. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says, Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin was born [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 13-16) in which Jesus tells his disciples ‘Whoever listens to you listens to me.” After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of Saint Jerome, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says, Jerome was born in Strido, in Dalmatia in [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 47-51) in which Jesus says to Nathaniel, ‘you will see greater things… you will see heaven laid open, and above the Son of Man the angels of God ascending and descending’.Fr Paul says today, as we hear in the Gospel of angels ascending and [...]