Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 14-29) which tells of John the Baptist being beheaded at the order of King Herod. Fr Paul says the story of the Passion of John the Baptist is told by Mark with more attention and sympathy than by either of the other two synoptic evangelists [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (2: 22-40) which tells of the time when Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Jerusalem to present him at the Temple for the purification rites as required by the Law of Moses.Fr Paul says the story of the Presentation of the child Jesus in the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 1-6) in which Jesus, accompanied by his disciples, visits his hometown where he is amazed at the people’s lack of faith.Fr Paul says the very last sentence of today’s Gospel reading speaks of the people’s lack of faith. What is this lack of faith? We know [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 1-5) in which Jesus tells his disciples whoever takes the lowly position of a child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven… And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (5: 1-20) in which Jesus drives unclean spirits out of a man and into a herd of pigs.Fr Paul says today’s Gospel is the dramatic story of the healed demoniac, which is special in several ways.Firstly, this is the only occasion in Mark’s Gospels where [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (4: 35-41) in which Jesus calms a fierce storm which threatens to swamp the boat he and the disciples are in as they travel to the other side of the lake. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (4: 26-34) where Jesus shares the parables of the growing seed and mustard seed.Fr Paul begins the reflection by sharing that Jesus was from the country, from the rich agricultural plains of Galilee, where wheat and fruit-trees were plentiful. It was natural for him to use such [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 1-12) where Jesus introduces the Sermon on the Mount.Fr Paul says, that the eight blessings from the Gospel today are at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount which point out eight ways in which we can welcome God into our lives. They are ways [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (16: 15-18) where Jesus said to the eleven, “go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved. He who does not believe will be condemned...”Today we celebrate the Feast of the conversion of St Paul. Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 31-35) where Jesus said ‘whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother’.Fr Paul says today we celebrate the life of St Francis De Sales. Francis was born in Savoy. He studied law, and then despite the opposition of his father he was ordained to the [...]