Feast of Mary Mother of the Church: ‘Here is your mother’ The celebration of Mary Mother of the Church falls perfectly in line with our Gospel reading from last week where Fr Paul mentions the four appearances of the ‘beloved disciple’ in John’s Gospel. In this Gospel (John 19: 25-27) the [...]
Who is the beloved disciple? Today is the last of our Easter season – it is a time of change – from next week we are back in Ordinary Time in the Church’s liturgical calendar. If we were in the church, we would see our colours change from white/gold to green. The [...]
Jesus tells Peter ‘Feed my sheep’ Over the next couple of days, with our Easter season coming to an end and Pentecost just around the corner, Fr Paul will read from the end of John’s Gospel. In today’s reading (John 21:15-19) we hear Simon Peter given a command summed up in Jesus’ [...]
Jesus prays for unity to be a sign of God’s love Today in John (17: 20-26), Fr Paul says we hear the third and final part of Jesus’ prayer for the church, after which Jesus and the disciples leave the Mount of Olives and head back to Jerusalem. Jesus having prayed to [...]
Jesus prays for his church In the Gospel (John 17: 11-19) today, Fr Paul says we need to keep in mind that Jesus is at the last supper with his disciples, just prior to his betrayal. The thing Jesus is doing at this time is praying for his church. Jesus raises his [...]
Feast of Philip Neri Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel (John 17: 1-11) and shares a little bit about the life of priest, Philip Neri (1515-1595) who was born in Florence, Italy. At the age of 18, Philip moved to Rome where he worked as a tutor and did charitable work in the [...]
Feast of Mary Help of Christians Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19;25-27) for the Feast of Mary Help of Christians. Our Lady Help of Christians has always had a special place in the heart of Australian Christians with many turning instinctively to Mary for help in the early years [...]
Jesus: Whatever you ask in my name will be given to you Fr Paul says today’s Gospel (John 16: 22-28) brings to an end the discourse Jesus has been teaching the disciples over the last week. At the beginning of the week, Jesus talked about the work of the Holy Spirit; in [...]
Jesus tells the disciples their sorrow will turn to joy As we continue the journey towards the Ascension in John’s Gospel (16: 20-23), Fr Paul says we hear again about the highs and lows of building the Kingdom. Jesus acknowledges that in our lives there are times when we will glimpse God [...]
Jesus wants his community to be filled with the Spirit Fr Paul says we see a familiar pattern in John’s Gospel (16:16-20) today: Jesus says something to the disciples, they are confused or don’t understand and then Jesus goes on to teach them again. In this particular Gospel, Jesus wants the community [...]