Today we celebrate the feast of St Matthew, the Apostle, as Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (9: 9-13) in which Matthew recounts how Jesus called him, saying ‘Follow me’. Fr Paul says we know very little about Matthew’s life. Matthew was born in Capernaum and worked as a tax collector when [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 16-18) in which Jesus tells his disciples you do not light a lamp to hide it under a bowl. Today, we remember and celebrate the lives of Saints Andrew Kim and Paul Chong and their companions. Fr Paul says for centuries Korea was [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 4-15) in which Jesus tells the parable of the sower and explains its meaning to his disciples. Luke in his Gospel now comes to a number of parables on the Kingdom and, today, uses the parable of the sower. This version of the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 1-3) which tells of the group of women who, along with the disciples, were with Jesus during his ministry. In the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and John due to the culture of the time and the world in which they lived there is [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 36-50) which tells of the woman who bathed the feet of Jesus and anointed them with oil while he was dining at the house of a Pharisee. Today we also remember and celebrate the lives Cornelius and Cyprian, Popes and Saints. Pope Cornelius [...]
Fr Paul says the feast we celebrate today is also known as the ‘Triumph of the Cross’ and he reads from the Gospel of John (3: 13-17) in which Jesus says to Nicodemus ‘the Son of Man must be lifted up… so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him’. [...]
Today we celebrated the life of St John Chrysostom as Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 1-10) which tells of the faith of the Centurion. After the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about St John’s life. John was born in Antioch in the year 349. He was educated [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 43-49) in which Jesus says, ‘A good person draws what is good from the store of goodness in their heart; a bad person draws bad from the store of badness; for a person’s words flow out of what fills their heart’. Today, Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 39-42) in which Jesus says, ‘the disciple is not superior to their teacher - a fully trained disciple will always be like their teacher’. Today, Fr Paul says, Luke is drawing the Sermon on the Plain to a conclusion and he gives us [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 27-38) in which Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you’. Fr Paul observes in this Gospel that Luke expresses how it is our duty to respond to those in need, even if they are hostile, even if they [...]