Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (4:31-37) in which Jesus astonishes everyone by the authority with which he teaches and heals the possessed man. Fr Paul notes that this first story of the healing ministry of Jesus is pretty well the same as it is told by Mark except here the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 17-29) which tells how John the Baptist came to be beheaded by Herod. Fr Paul notes that this feast of Saint John the Baptist is one of two we celebrate for him. This one in August which celebrates his death, and the other one [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (25: 14-30) in which Jesus tells his disciples the parable of the bags of gold, which the Master had entrusted to his servants to invest. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Monica, whose memorial we celebrate today. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (25: 1-15) in which Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids who are waiting for the bridegroom to come. Fr Paul says, in the time of Jesus, the principal moment of a wedding was when the groom went to pick up the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (24: 42-51) in which Jesus tells his disciples to ‘stay awake’ and to ‘stand ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect’. Fr Paul says Matthew is approaching the end of the fifth and last of his great [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 45-51) in which Philip tells Nathaniel about finding Jesus of Nazareth. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little bit about St Bartholomew whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Bartholomew was born at Cana and brought by the Apostle Philip to [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 23-26) in which Jesus takes the Scribes and Pharisees to task over neglecting weightier matters of the law—justice, mercy and good faith. Fr Paul says, today, we hear Jesus criticise the Scribes and Pharisees, basically, because they have become obsessed with every little detail, and they [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 13-22) in which Jesus says, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You who shut up the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. Neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go in who want to.” After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 1-12) in which Jesus calls out the hypocrisy of those who do not practice what they preach. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Bernard of Clairvaux, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says, Bernard was [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (22: 34-40) in which an expert in the law, tested Jesus with this question: “Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?”. Fr Paul says because we are so familiar with Jesus’ answer to the question about the greatest commandment it blunts our awareness of just how [...]