Today we celebrate the life of St Agnes (the patron saint of our Parish) as Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 13-19) in which Jesus went up on a mountainside and called those he wanted to him, they came and he appointed twelve to be his companions.As with a lot [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 7-12) in which Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea and a great multitude from Galilee followed him.As we hear in this Gospel, Jesus withdraws to the lakeside and a great crowd gathers around him and we hear a summary of the work [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 1-6) in which Jesus asks the people in the synagogue ‘Is it against the law on the Sabbath day to do good or to do evil, to save life or kill?Fr Paul notes, this is the last of five incidents in Mark, starting from [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 23-28) in which the Pharisees take Jesus to task for the actions of some of his disciples on the Sabbath.As we hear in today’s Gospel Jesus and his disciples are making their way through a cornfield and pushing corn from side to side to [...]
Today, as we celebrate the life of St Anthony, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 18-22) in which Jesus is asked why his disciples are not fasting when others are. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a bit about the life of St Anthony.St Anthony lived from the year 251AD to 356AD [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 13-17) in which Jesus says ‘It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the virtuous, but sinners’.Today’s Gospel starts with a piece of local lore and a puzzle. The piece of local lore is [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 1-12) in which Jesus forgives and heals a paralysed man.Today, again, Jesus is at Capernaum and again, Fr Paul says, we see this focus on the authority of Jesus and, in this Gospel, we see a double healing take place. One healing is for [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 40-45) in which Jesus, moved by deep compassion, heals the Leper.Mark, in today’s Gospel, reflects to us the warmth of Jesus’s humanity and reflects to us the concern that Jesus has for the leper and all those who come to him looking for help. Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 29-39) in which Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law from a fever as well as many others who were unwell in the town. As we heard yesterday and, Fr Paul says, it still applies to today, Jesus is in Capernaum, which is a little fishing village [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 21-28) in which Jesus went to the synagogue and began to teach and those listening were amazed at the authority with which he did this. Fr Paul says the theme of the early part of Mark’s Gospel, which we are reading from, this the [...]