Today as we celebrate the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-56) in which Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, who says ‘Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled’. Fr Paul says [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 28-31) in which Jesus tells his disciples that no one who has left everything for him or the Gospel will go unrewarded but also says ‘Many who are first will be last and the last first’. Fr Paul says this little story seems to [...]
Today as we return to Ordinary Time and celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19: 25-27) in which we again hear Jesus, from the cross, entrusting the care of his mother saying to her “Woman, here is your son,” and to the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 20-25) in which Jesus, when Peter questions him about the disciple he loved, says “If I want him to stay behind till I come, what does it matter to you? You are to follow me.” Fr Paul says the Gospel today raises the question: [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 15-19) in which Jesus asks Simon Peter ‘Do you love me? and requests of him that he ‘Feed my lambs’. Fr Paul says, Philip was born in Florence in 1515. At the age of eighteen he went to Rome and earned his living as [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (17: 20-26) in which Jesus prays to the Father for unity among believers so that the world may see and also believe it was the Father who sent him. In this final part of the high priestly prayer of Jesus, Fr Paul says, Jesus suddenly turns [...]
Today, as we celebrate the feast of ‘Our Lady help of Christians’, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19: 25-27) in which Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her at the foot of cross, entrusts her to his care. Fr Paul uses the words of the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (17: 1-11) in which Jesus, looking to heaven, says, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you. Through the power over all humankind that you have given him, let him give eternal life to all those you have [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16: 29-33) in which Jesus says to his disciples, “I am not alone because the Father is with me.”Fr Paul says in today’s Gospel reading the disciples claim to believe. The Lord states that the experience of sin will come into their lives when they [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16: 23-28) in which Jesus says to his disciples, “Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete”.Fr Paul says in today’s Gospel the Lord speaks about a time when he will [...]