Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 12-19) in which Jesus tells the disciples of the persecution they will face because of him. He reassures them that He will give them the right things to say when the time comes. Fr Paul says today’s reading is almost a summary of the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 5-11) in which Jesus foretells of the destruction of the Temple. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little bit about the life of St Cecilia, whose memorial we celebrate today. As with a lot of the early martyrs, Fr Paul says, nothing much is known about [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 1-4) in which Jesus observed the contribution made by a poor widow to the temple treasury saying, ‘she from the little she had, has put in all she had to live on’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little bit about the feast of The [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (20: 27-40) in which Jesus addresses a question put to him by the Sadducees about the resurrection. Fr Paul says in this Gospel, the Sadducees are trying to make fun of Jesus because they did not believe in the resurrection or any sort of life [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 45-48) in which Jesus drives out those who were selling in the temple; he taught in the temple every day; meanwhile the Chief Priests and scribes tried to do away with him but did not know how because all the people hung on his [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 41-44) in which Jesus, as he approached Jerusalem, weeps for the city. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Elizabeth of Hungary whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Elizabeth was a daughter of the King of Hungary. She was [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 11-28) in which Jesus tells the parable of the King who gives money to his servants to invest. Fr Paul says the parable in today’s Gospel has been developed out of the same material as Matthew’s parable of the talents. The chief difference though that [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 1-10) in which Zacchaeus, who climbed a sycamore tree to get a better view of Jesus as he passed, is seen and called down by Jesus, who say ‘I must stay at your house today’. Fr Paul says this story of the rich little tax-collector [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (18: 35-43) in which the blind man hearing the crowd as Jesus was passing by, cries out ‘Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me’. Fr Paul says the healing story we hear today of the blind man at Jericho comes in all three synoptic gospels, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (18: 1-8) in which Jesus tells his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Josaphat whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul notes St Josaphat was [...]