Fr Paul says the Church changes the readings as we begin the countdown to Christmas and these readings are used from 17 to 24 December. So, today, he reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1: 1-17) on the Genealogy of Jesus (There are a lot of names in this Gospel that are difficult [...]
Fr Paul reads today from the Gospel of Luke (7: 24-30) in which Jesus speaks to the crowd about John. Fr Paul says Jesus in the Gospel today gives John the Baptist the highest possible praise - John was not just a prophet, but he was, in fact, a messenger of the Lord [...]
Fr Paul reads today from the Gospel of Luke (7: 19-23) in which John the Baptist sends two of his followers to Jesus, to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or must we wait for someone else?’. Fr Paul says John the Baptist is now in prison and he sends [...]
Fr Paul reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (21: 28-32) in which Jesus tells the chief priests and elders of the people a parable about two sons and then says to them ‘John came to you, a pattern of true righteousness, but you did not believe him’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a [...]
Fr Paul reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (17: 10-13), in which Jesus says to his disciples ‘Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him but treated him as they pleased’. Fr Paul says this Gospel reading is a continuation from the last couple of days when we hear really [...]
Fr Paul reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 16-19), in which Jesus says ‘wisdom is proved right by her actions’. In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, we see one of the stark contrasts that Matthew loves to use. Usually that contrast is between good and bad but this time it is [...]
Fr Paul reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 11-15), in which Jesus spoke to the crowds about the ministry of John the Baptist. Fr Paul says Jesus, in this Gospel, praises John the Baptist like no other… ‘I tell you, solemnly, of all the children born of women, a greater than [...]
Today, as we celebrate the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul commends to our prayers Deacon Prodencio Bognay who is being ordained this evening at the Cathedral in Lismore. He then reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38), which tells of the Angel Gabriel’s visit to [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (18: 12-14), in which Jesus, using the image of the lost sheep, tells his disciples that the Father in heaven does not want anyone to be lost. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the live of St Ambrose, whose memorial we celebrate today. Ambrose was born [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (5: 17-26), in which Jesus forgives and heals the paralysed man. Fr Paul says the striking part of today’s Gospel is not the cure of the man, but the forgiveness of sins inserted into the middle of this Gospel. In Gospel times to be a paralytic [...]