Feast of Saints: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels The Gospel today is John 1:47-51 and is about the first disciples. On this feast day Fr. Paul reminds us of the teaching from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Catechism states (No 328): “the existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred [...]
Who is the greatest? The title of today’s Gospel (Luke 9:46-50) is ‘Who is the greatest and using the name of Jesus’. The mission of the disciples is at the very centre of today’s Gospel. Here we have the contrast of grown men arguing about their importance and, as they argue, Jesus [...]
The second prophecy of the passion The Gospel today is from Luke (9: 43-45) in which Jesus reminds his disciples that ‘the Son of Man is going to be handed over into the power of men’. Today’s reflection is titled ‘The second prophecy of the Passion’ because, in this Gospel, Jesus again [...]
The Son of Man must suffer many things The Gospel today is from Luke (9: 18-22) in which Jesus asks ‘Who do you say I am?’ and the title of our reflection is ‘Peter’s profession of faith’. For the writer of Luke many special moments in the life of Jesus take place [...]
Who is Jesus? Today’s Gospel from Luke (9: 7-9) is titled ‘Herod and Jesus’. Luke’s Gospel does not contain the murder of John the Baptist by Herod. We only hear it alluded to in today’s Gospel. The Gospel writer of Luke mentions Herod here to raise the question that Herod asks, the [...]
Feast of Padre Pio Today's Gospel is from Luke (9: 1-6) in which Jesus gives the twelve authority and sends them out to proclaim the kingdom of God. Fr Paul says today we remember and celebrate the life of Padre Pio, or as he is more officially known, Saint Pius of Pietrelcina. Padre Pio was [...]
The mother and brothers of Jesus The Gospel today from Luke (8: 19-21) has the title ‘The true family of Jesus’ and in it we see that Mary and the brothers are outside. The crowd in this Gospel form a barrier between Jesus and his mother and brothers. Mary and the brothers [...]
Feast of St Matthew, the apostle Today’s Gospel (Matthew 9: 9-13) tells of how Matthew was called by Jesus to follow him. Fr Paul says today we celebrate Matthew’s life and the difficulty is we don’t know that much about him. We know he is the son of Alphaeus. We know he was [...]
The Parable of the Sower Fr Paul reads Luke’s Gospel (8:4-15) and says we now come to a section where Luke gives a number of parables about the Kingdom. As he does this, Luke is not so much reflecting on the nature of the Kingdom but on the individual virtues and vices that [...]
The importance of women in Jesus’s ministry Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 1-3), which names some of the women who were with Jesus and his disciples as they travelled in their ministry. Fr Paul says, in Gospel times, how women are perceived or even taken into consideration is a [...]