Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 30-37) in which Jesus is teaching his disciples and says to them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will put him to death, and three days after he has been put to death he will rise again”. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 14-29) in which Jesus says, “Everything is possible for one who believes” and the father who is seeking healing for his son says, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”Fr Paul says this vivid account of the healing of the epileptic boy is perhaps [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 2-13) in which Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, and there, when they were all alone, he was transfigured before them. Fr Paul says, as the time for the Passion approaches (the time of Jesus’ arrest, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 34 – 9:1) in which Jesus says, “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine let them renounce themselves and take up their cross and follow me”.Fr Paul says each of the three great prophecies of the Passion (the death and Resurrection of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 27-33) in which Jesus, as he and his disciples were visiting villages around Caesarea Philippi, asked them ‘Who do people say I am?’. Fr Paul says today’s reading is the turning-point in Mark’s Gospel. Up until now the stories we have heard have all shown [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 22-26) in which Jesus helps the blind man at Bethsaida see clearly. Fr Paul says the positioning in the Gospel of this restoration of a man’s sight is really symbolic: it is placed immediately before Peter is granted the clarity to see who Jesus is. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 14-21) in which Jesus warns the disciples to be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod. Afterwards Fr Paul shares a little about Saints Cyril and Methodious whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says Methodious was born in Thessalonica and [...]
Gospel Reflection for Thursday – 5th Week of Ordinary Time (9 February) The astute Syro-Phoenician woman Our Gospels return after the fierce storm which caused extensive damage to Fr Paul’s office in Port Macquarie. Today Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (7: 24-30) in which a pagan woman, by birth a [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 53-56) which notes that as soon as Jesus and his disciples arrived by boat at Gennesaret Jesus was recognised, people begged him to let the sick touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed. Afterwards Fr Paul shares [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 30-34) in which Jesus says to his disciples, ‘You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while’.Fr Paul says at both beginning and end of this section of the Gospel we are reminded that the foremost duty [...]