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 [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 22-30) in which scribes came down from Jerusalem and were saying about Jesus, that ‘Beelzebul is in him!’ and ‘It is by the prince of devils that he is driving out demons’. Fr Paul says, the fact that ‘scribes’ come down from Jerusalem indicates that [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 13-19) in which Jesus went up on a mountainside and summoned those he wanted so they came to him and he appointed twelve. Fr Paul notes that the names of the Twelve vary in different accounts of the Gospels. For example, in the Gospel of [...]