Fr Paul says that in today’s Gospel (Matthew 10: 24-11: 1) Jesus instructed the Twelve and said “anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me…” Fr Paul says today we celebrate the life of St Benedict. Benedict was born in the year 480 in [...]
Fr Paul says that in today’s Gospel (Matthew 10: 24-33) Jesus instructed the Twelve and said “the disciple is not superior to his teacher nor the slave to his master…” Fr Paul says that today’s Gospel is part of the final section of the mission this course of Jesus that we have been [...]
Fr Paul says that in today’s Gospel (Matthew 10: 16-23) Jesus instructed the Twelve to go out like sheep amongst wolves, be as cunning as serpents and yet as harmless as doves. Fr Paul reminds us that in this week’s Gospel there are themes of the kingdom of heaven, the theme of sheep, [...]
Fr Paul says that in today’s Gospel (Matthew 10: 7-15) Jesus instructs the Twelve by saying “the kingdom is close at hand…you received without charge; you give without charge”. Again, Fr Paul says, we hear these continuing and recurring themes; Israel, the kingdom of God, missionary journey and going out. In this Gospel the disciples learn [...]
Fr Paul says that in today’s Gospel (Matthew 10: 1-7) Jesus sends out the Twelve Apostles to proclaim the kingdom of heaven. Fr Paul says this week as we go through our Gospel readings we will understand that there are a couple of themes which keep occurring. One is Israel which we heard [...]
Fr Paul says in today’s Gospel (Matthew 9: 32-38) we hear Jesus say to His disciples “the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Fr Paul says that this Gospel tells another wonder of Jesus’ miracles. He cures a [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 18-26) in which the daughter of an official is restored to life and a woman, who touches the cloak of Jesus is healed of a long-term illness.As we begin this week, the Gospel tells us of the healing of two women and, Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 14-17) in which Jesus is questioned about why his disciples do not fast when the those of John and the Pharisees often do so.Fr Paul says in this Gospel about Jesus and the Pharisees we can really see the difference between Jesus and his [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 9-13) in which Jesus, when questioned about the company he was keeping, says “It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. Go and learn the meaning of the word, what I want is mercy, not sacrifice. Indeed, I did not come [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 1-8) in which Jesus, who cures the paralytic brought with faith to him, also draws attention to the importance of forgiveness in healing. In the Gospel today, Fr Paul says, the emphasis is on Jesus’s power as the Son of Man to forgive sins. The [...]