Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 13-15) in which the people brought little children to Jesus for him to lay his hands on them and say a prayer. Fr Paul says, the Gospel of Matthew today is his version of the event of the blessing of children – in the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 3-12) in which the Pharisees test Jesus saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any pretext whatever?” Fr Paul says, the first group that Jesus speaks to in this Gospel is the Pharisees, who would have been surprised, if [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 21 - 19:1) in which Peter asks Jesus, “Lord, how often must I forgive someone if they wrong me?”. Fr Paul says, in the parable in today’s Gospel we hear the continuation and the conclusion of the theme of forgiveness. We are reminded that [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 15-20) in which Jesus tells his disciples how to respectfully call each other to account and says, ‘wherever two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them’. Fr Paul says, the Gospel writer, Matthew is a realist. Despite the presence [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-56) in which Mary visits her pregnant cousin, Elizabeth, who lives in a town in the hill country of Judea. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about today’s celebration of the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr Paul says, the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (17: 22-27) in which Jesus predicts his death saying, ‘“The Son of Man is going to be handed over into the power of men. They will put him to death, and on the third day he will be raised to life, again”. Afterwards Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (17: 14-20) in which Jesus says, ‘if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you'. In the gospel we hear today, Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (16: 24-28) in which Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Clare, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (12: 24-26) in which Jesus says ‘unless a wheat grain falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain. But if it dies, it yields a rich harvest. Anyone who loves their life loses it, anyone who hates their life in this [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (15: 21-28) in which a Canaanite woman begs Jesus to cure her demon-possessed daughter saying, ‘Even the house dogs can eat the scraps that fall from their master’s table’. Fr Paul says this is an especially significant scene in a couple of ways. At first [...]