Today Lisa Bright from the Pastoral Renewal team presents our Gospel reflection and reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 38-42) in which Jesus tells his followers to offer the wicked man no resistance, on the contrary, he says, if anyone hits you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek [...]
On the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Shane Hyland, the Leader of Evangelisation at St Joseph’s Regional College reads from the Gospel of Luke (2:41-51) in which Mary and Joseph search for the child Jesus after he stays behind in Jerusalem after Passover without his parents knowing. Shane notes, Mary is [...]
Shane Hyland, the Leader of Evangelisation at St Joseph’s Regional College reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11:25-30) in which Jesus says, ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, [...]
Shane Hyland, the Leader of Evangelisation at St Joseph’s Regional College reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5:20-26) in which Jesus says, ‘If your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.’ Shane says this is another challenging passage from Matthew's [...]
Shane Hyland, the Leader of Evangelisation at St Joseph’s Regional College reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (5:17-19) in which Jesus says, ‘Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them.’ Shane notes that we heard in [...]
Shane Hyland, the Leader of Evangelisation at St Joseph’s Regional College presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Luke (10:1-11) in which Jesus says, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.’ Afterwards [...]
Shane Hyland, the Leader of Evangelisation at St Joseph’s Regional College presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5:1-12) in which Jesus shares the Beatitudes with his disciples, beginning with ‘How happy are the poor in spirit: theirs is the kingdom of heaven...’ Shane says it [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 38-44) in which Jesus speaks out against hypocrisy and tells of the widow who gave all she had. Tony notes that this is the last we will hear from [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 35-37) in which Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, asks, ‘How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David?’. Over the last eight months, [...]
With Fr Paul Gooley on Annual Leave, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 28-34) in which Jesus identifies the two most important commandments: the first, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and [...]