As we begin Church’s new liturgical year with the season of Advent, Fr Paul notes the change to the colour purple in the background. Purple is the colour of preparation, which we will see it over the next few weeks as we prepare for Christmas. Today Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew [...]
On this, the last day of the Church’s liturgical year, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 34-36) in which Jesus tells his disciples to be careful not to be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life for they must always watch and pray so they are able [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 21-33) in which Jesus tells his disciples, just as you know summer is near when trees get their new leaves so, too, there will be signs when the Kingdom of God is near. Fr Paul says this little parable of the fig-tree and, in fact, its mention [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 20-28) in which Jesus continues to share with his disciples the destruction ahead for Jerusalem. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little bit about the martyrs of Vietnam as today we celebrate the memorial of St Andrew Dung Lac and Companions. Fr Paul says the evangelization [...]
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 [...]