Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 25-37) in which Jesus, tells the parable of the Good Samaritan, who stops along his journey to help a stranger.Fr Paul notes that to many a Jew at the time of Jesus there is no such thing as a ‘good’ Samaritan. It was simply [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 17-24) in which Jesus says, ‘Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father’. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says, Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin was born [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 13-16) in which Jesus tells his disciples ‘Whoever listens to you listens to me.” After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of Saint Jerome, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says, Jerome was born in Strido, in Dalmatia in [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 47-51) in which Jesus says to Nathaniel, ‘you will see greater things… you will see heaven laid open, and above the Son of Man the angels of God ascending and descending’.Fr Paul says today, as we hear in the Gospel of angels ascending and [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 57-62) in which Jesus shares with his disciples the cost of following him saying, ‘The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head’. Fr Paul says the journey up to Jerusalem, to the Passion the arrest, torture and death of Jesus, begins with the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 51-56) in which Jesus, ‘as the time drew near for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem, sending messengers ahead of him’. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Vincent [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 46-50) in which Jesus, settles an argument between his disciples, saying ‘For the one who is least among you, that is the one who is the great.”Fr Paul says, there are two little incidents in today’s Gospel that can be regarded as examples of how [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 43-45) in which Jesus, at the height of his ministry and popularity, predicts his death at the hands of men. Fr Paul says, this is the second of three great prophecies of the Passion, of Jesus being handed over to the power of men. In each [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 18-22) in which Peter, when Jesus asks, ‘Who do you say I am?’ declares, ‘The Christ of God’. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Padre Pio, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul notes Padre Pio (1887-1968) [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 7-9) in which Herod expresses curiosity about who Jesus is.Fr Paul notes that Luke’s Gospel does not tell us about the murder of John the Baptist by Herod but he uses the occasion for Herod to ask a question that sets the scene for [...]