Today Fr Paul focuses his reflection on John’s Gospel (6: 44-51) in which Jesus says ‘No-one can come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me’. In explaining what this means, Fr Paul shares his own experience of being drawn by the Father and responding to the call [...]
Feast of Catherine of Siena In John’s Gospel (6: 35-40) today we see and hear Jesus make some amazing promises – he says that he will never drive us away and that God will always love us. Jesus explains just what the bread of life is and what he says maybe helpful [...]
Feast of St Peter Chanel In John’s Gospel (6: 30-35) today the people are still with Jesus, looking for a sign that will help them believe that Jesus is ‘the One’. Jesus proclaims in this Gospel for the first time that he is ‘the Bread of Life’. Mindful of this declaration, Fr [...]
Today’s Gospel (John 6: 22-29) sees people searching for Jesus after he fed them on the hillside near the Sea of Galilee. In reflecting on two key points from this Gospel, Fr Paul ask us to call to mind the 1980’s British sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo!, and in doing so, he shares some [...]
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Join with Fr Paul and Fr Peter as they celebrate the Parish’s traditional ANZAC Day Mass. In military tradition, the ‘Last Post’ signifies the end of the day's activities. The ‘first post’ sounded towards the end of the day when duty officers moved around their units’ positions checking sentry posts and dismissing [...]
Five loaves and two fish feed five thousand In John’s Gospel (6: 1-15) today we hear how Jesus feeds a large crowd of people, who had followed him and his disciples to the Sea of Galilee, with just five barley loaves and two fish. Fr Paul draws our attention to similarities between [...]
John the Baptist tells his followers that Jesus comes from above Today’s Gospel (John 3: 31-36) is about John the Baptist reassuring his followers that Jesus comes from above. He tells them Jesus is the one God has promised. Fr Paul reminds us that the spirit will be given, without reserve, to [...]
The conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus concludes. In today’s Gospel (John 3: 16-21) we hear the final part of initial discussion between Jesus and Nicodemus, after which Nicodemus disappears until much later in the Gospel. Not once, but twice Jesus declares just how much God loves the world. Fr Paul reminds us [...]
The conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus continues Fr Paul says the first thing you notice about today’s Gospel (John 3: 7-15) is that it overlaps with yesterdays. As Jesus continues to instruct Nicodemus it becomes apparent that is not prepared for the radical teachings of Jesus. Nicodemus is limited to understanding things [...]