Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 1-3) which tells of the women who were among the disciples of Jesus. Fr Paul says the largely Semitic world of Mark, Matthew and John has little room for women in other than domestic roles. All this changes when Luke and Paul come into [...]
Today as we celebrate the feast of St Matthew, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mathew (9: 9-13) in which Jesus calls Matthew to follow him. Fr Paul says Matthew, whose life we celebrate today, was born in Capernaum, and was working as a tax-collector when Jesus called him. He is thought, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 31-35) in which Jesus when asked to compare the people of his generation says, ‘wisdom is proved right by all her children’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the Korean Martyrs and Sts Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Ha, whose memorial we [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 11-17) in which Jesus raises to life the widow’s son and gives him back to his mother. Fr Paul says the story of the widow’s son is told with typical Lukan delicacy. He stresses that this was her only son, so her only hope [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 1-10) in which Jesus responds to the faith of the Centurion with the sick servant, saying ‘Not even in Israel, have I have found such faith as this’. Fr Paul says this story is particularly important to Luke. In Jesus’ first appearance in the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 43-49) in which Jesus says ‘There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor a rotten tree that produces sound fruit. For every tree can be told by its own fruit. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the lives of St Cornelius [...]
As we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19: 25-27) which recalls the scene of Mary at the foot of Cross when Jesus entrusts her to the disciple he loved. Fr Paul says the devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows flourished in the [...]
As we celebrate the feast of The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Fr Paul 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’. Fr Paul says the feast we [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 20-26) in which Jesus shares a series of blessing and woes with his disciples’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St John Chrysostom, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul notes John was born in Antioch and after a thorough [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 12-19) in which Jesus goes off by himself to pray about the selection his twelve Apostles. Fr Paul says prayer is important to Luke, which is why he shows Jesus spending the whole night in prayer before selecting the Twelve. The disciples find Jesus [...]