Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (20: 20-28) in which the mother of Zebedee’s sons comes to Jesus with her sons to ask a favour of him. Fr Paul says James was the brother of John and, like his brother, James was a fisherman by trade. James was also one of the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 24-30) in which Jesus tells another parable about weeds in the harvest.Fr Paul says Matthew, in this Gospel, follows up the parable of the sower with another parable about different kinds of seed and sowing focused on the fact that the Church includes bad [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (20: 1-2, 11-18) which tells of Mary Magdalene’s experience after the Resurrection of Jesus. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about St Mary Magdalene whose feast we celebrate today.Fr Paul says St Mary Magdalene, or Mary of Magdala, was healed of seven [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 10-17) in which Jesus explains to his disciples why he talks to the crowds in parables.Fr Paul says, like the writer of the Gospel of Mark, the writer of Matthew inserts between parables here the question of why Jesus teaches in parables. Firstly, the use [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (13: 1-9) in which Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables about the secrets of the Kingdom.Fr Paul says, like any good teacher, Jesus uses pictures or, in this case, parables. In the Gospel we hear today, we are shown what Jesus is trying to [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 46-50) in which Jesus clarifies who belongs to God’s family.Fr Paul says it might seem in this Gospel that Jesus is rejecting his mother and brothers, who have come to see him. In fact, what is actually happening is that Jesus is say there [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 38-42) in which the Pharisees and teachers of the Law ask Jesus to show them a sign.Fr Paul says in this Gospel, we hear the use of the mysterious preferred title ‘Son of Man’ and Jesus talks of the sign of the prophet Jonah. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 14-21) in which Jesus, knowing the Pharisees were starting to plot against him, warns the crowd that followed him not make him known to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah.Fr Paul says in this Gospel, Matthew, after stressing the authority of Jesus, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (12: 1-8) in which Jesus is questioned by the Pharisees about his disciples picking corn to eat on the Sabbath. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Bonaventure, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says Bonaventure was born at Bagnoregio in [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus says, ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and overburdened and I will give you rest’. Fr Paul says in Judaism the ‘yoke’ that is spoke of in this Gospel often is referred to as the Law; it’s the burden [...]