Today as we celebrate the very special feast of The Assumption of our Lady, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-56) in which Mary visits her pregnant cousin Elizabeth and responds to Elizabeth’s greeting with her beautiful prayer The Magnificat. Fr Paul says the commemoration of the death of the Blessed [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 13-15) in which people brought little children to Jesus for him to lay his hands on them and say a prayer.Fr Paul says the centre of Matthew’s version of this little narrative is the blessing of the children – in other words the actual [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 3-12) in which the Pharisees test Jesus by asking him “Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?”.Fr Paul says Matthew’s version of Jesus’ upholding the laws on divorce is taken from Mark, but Matthew makes [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 21-19:1) in which Jesus tells the parable of the unmerciful servant, who when shown mercy by his master fails to show mercy to others. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Clare whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (12: 24-26) in which Jesus tells his disciples unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about St Lawrence (Deacon and Martyr) whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 1-5, 10, 12-14) in which Jesus tells his disciples unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven and so, whoever takes the lowly position of the child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (6: 25-34) in which Jesus tells his disciples not to worry about their lives, that the heavenly Father who takes care of the birds of the air, will look after their needs, too, if they seek first the Kingdom of God! After reading the Gospel, [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (9: 28-36) in which Jesus takes Peter, John and James up onto a mountain to pray and there they witness his appearance transform. Fr Paul says this account of the Transfiguration of the Lord can sound embarrassingly magical. Jesus goes up onto a mountain and his face [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (16: 24-28) in which Jesus says, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it’.Fr Paul says this [...]
Today, Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (16: 13-23) in which Simon-Peter declares Jesus to be the Christ, the Son of the Living God, after Jesus asks the disciples, ‘Who do you say I am?’. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St John Vianney, whose [...]