Fr Paul says the feast we celebrate today is also known as the ‘Triumph of the Cross’ and he reads from the Gospel of John (3: 13-17) in which Jesus says to Nicodemus ‘the Son of Man must be lifted up… so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him’. [...]
Today we celebrated the life of St John Chrysostom as Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 1-10) which tells of the faith of the Centurion. After the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about St John’s life. John was born in Antioch in the year 349. He was educated [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 43-49) in which Jesus says, ‘A good person draws what is good from the store of goodness in their heart; a bad person draws bad from the store of badness; for a person’s words flow out of what fills their heart’. Today, Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 39-42) in which Jesus says, ‘the disciple is not superior to their teacher - a fully trained disciple will always be like their teacher’. Today, Fr Paul says, Luke is drawing the Sermon on the Plain to a conclusion and he gives us [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 27-38) in which Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you’. Fr Paul observes in this Gospel that Luke expresses how it is our duty to respond to those in need, even if they are hostile, even if they [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1: 18-23) which tells how Jesus Christ came to be born. Today we celebrate the feast of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr Paul says it is traditionally held on this date as it is exactly 9 months since Mary’s immaculate conception [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 12-19) in which Jesus went out into the hills to pray and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. As we hear in Luke’s Gospel, prayer is a very important element for Luke and there are number times throughout his Gospel where Luke [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 6-11) in which Jesus heals a man with the withered hand on the Sabbath. This is the second story about the Sabbath that Fr Paul referred on Saturday and concerns healing on the Sabbath. It is a recognised principle of the Sabbath Law that to [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 1-5) in which Jesus is questioned by the Pharisees about keeping the Sabbath. Today we come to two stories about Jesus and the Sabbath. One is about the picking of corn on the Sabbath and the other is about healing on the Sabbath (Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (5: 33-39) in which Jesus is questioned about fasting by the Pharisees. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of Pope St Gregory the Great, whose memorial we celebrate today. St Gregory was born in Rome in the 540AD and he [...]