Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (8: 31-42), where the Jews continues to contest Jesus’ assertion that He is the Son of God. Fr Paul says the Gospel we hear today continues the confrontation of Jesus with the Jews in the temple. The argument centres on the Jews loyalty to Abraham. Abraham [...]
Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (8: 21-30), where the Pharisees & the Jews are questioning who Jesus really is. The Gospel passage that we have today, Fr Paul says, is one that is full of questions. Added to this uncertainty is that John, as a Gospel writer, usually has several levels [...]
Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (8: 1-11) where Jesus went to the temple and sat down and began to teach. The Pharisees and the teachers of the law brought over a woman caught in adultery. Jesus asked this woman, “Has no one condemned you?”, she replied “No one, sir,” “then neither [...]
Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (7: 40-52) where several people were questioning who Jesus is and where he comes from. Some said he is the prophet while others said he must be Christ, others say he was from Galilee while others argued that he was from Bethlehem. Today in the Gospel, [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (1: 16, 18-21, 24) where Joseph accepts Jesus as his son. In today's Gospel, Fr Paul says the reality of today’s feast, is that we know nothing of St Joseph except what is said about him in the scriptures. We know Joseph was a carpenter, he [...]
Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (5: 31-47) where Jesus speaks to the Jewish leaders about the four testimonies He has received about who He is and the work He does. Today’s readings continue the confrontation Jesus has been having with the Jewish leaders in the temple. Fr Paul says Jesus in this [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (5: 1-11) where Jesus was standing on the Lake of Gennesaret, and helped Simon, one of the fisherman, catch a large amount of fish. St Patrick, who we celebrate his solemnity today, Fr Paul says, was born in Roman Britain in the middle of the 4th [...]
Today Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (5: 1-3, 5-16). Jesus is visiting Jerusalem where he saw crowds of sick people. Seeing a man lying on the ground, who had been ill for a long time, Jesus said to the man “Rise, pick up your mat and walk”. The man was healed [...]
Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (4: 43-54) today, where Jesus goes to Galilee and is asked by a man when he arrives to come and heal his son. Fr Paul says that today’s Gospel, appears in the other Gospels except Mark’s. This account in John’s Gospel, reminds us that in the [...]
Today, Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (18: 9-14) where Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. Fr Paul explains that the writer of Luke often gives frequent hints about prayer. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is a prayer in more times than in any other Gospel. In Luke’s [...]