Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 13-17) in which Jesus tells Nicodemus ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.’Today, Fr Paul says, as we celebrate the exaltation, the praising, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 11-17) in which Jesus, after seeing the widow weeping, brings her only son back to life. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St John Chrysostom, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul says John was born in Antioch [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 1-10) in which a Centurion asks Jesus to come and heal his servant. Fr Paul says the story we hear of the Centurion in Luke’s Gospel is really important to Luke. When Jesus’ first appeared in the synagogue at Nazareth, he had promised that, like [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 43-49) in which Jesus says, ‘every tree can be told by its own fruit’ and ‘a good person draws on what is good from the store of goodness in their heart’. Fr Paul notes that yesterday we heard the first warning and, today, we hear [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 39-42) in which Jesus tells the parable about the difficulties of one blind person leading another. Fr Paul notes as Luke draws his Sermon on the Plain to an end, he gives us two of Jesus’ warnings, both of which are expressed in the vivid [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1: 18-23) in which the future of Mary’s son is revealed to Joseph. Afterwards, he shares a little about the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which we celebrate today.Fr Paul says the Scriptures do not give us an account of Mary’s [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 20-26) in which Jesus tells his disciples what they need to do to experience the kingdom of God.Fr Paul says Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount and Luke’s Sermon on the Plain, which we are reading from at the moment, are both collections of the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 12-19) in which Jesus, before choosing the twelve to be his apostles, spent the whole night in prayer.Fr Paul says in this Gospel at the very beginning we hear that prayer is very important to Luke. Maybe this is why Luke tells us that [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 6-11) in which the Pharisees question Jesus about healing on the Sabbath and he responds asking, “Is it against the law on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”. Fr Paul says this is a [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 1-5) in which Jesus tells the Pharisees that the Son Man is master of the Sabbath. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the life of Pope St Gregory the Great, whose memorial we celebrate today.Gregory was born in Rome in [...]