Gospel Reflection for Tuesday – 2nd Week in Ordinary Time (17 January) – St Anthony of Egypt
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 23-28) in which Jesus tells the Pharisees, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not [...]
Gospel Reflection for Monday – 2nd Week in Ordinary Time (16 January) – The time will come to fast
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 18-22) in which the Pharisees question Jesus about fasting; ‘How is it that John’s [...]
Gospel Reflection for Saturday – 1st Week in Ordinary Time (14 January) – Jesus calls the tax collector
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 13-17) in which Jesus calls Levi, the tax collector, to follow him, which draws [...]
Gospel Reflection for Thursday 1st Week in Ordinary Time (12 January) – Make me clean
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 40-45) in which, Jesus willingly reaches out to touch a leper and heal him. [...]
Gospel Reflection for Wednesday 1st Week in Ordinary Time (11 January) – Healing & Prayer
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 29-39) in which, Jesus, after spending the previous day healing many, rises early, finds [...]
Gospel Reflection for Tuesday 1st Week in Ordinary Time (10 January) – By whose authority?
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 21-28) in which, as Jesus teaches in the synagogue, a man with an impure [...]
Gospel Reflection for Monday (9 January) – Feast of the Baptism of our Lord – Living our baptism
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (3: 13-17) in which Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by [...]
Gospel Reflection Saturday before the Epiphany (7 January) – The first miracle
The first miracle Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (2: 1-11) in which Mary comes to Jesus at a wedding feast [...]
Gospel Reflection Friday before the Epiphany (6 January) – John baptises Jesus
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 6-11) in which tells of John the Baptist baptising Jesus in the Jordon and [...]
Gospel Reflection Thursday before the Epiphany (5 January) – Follow me
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 43-51) in which, Jesus calls Philip and Nathaniel to follow him. In this third reading [...]
Gospel Reflection Wednesday before the Epiphany (4 January) – Come and see
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 35-42) in which, after hearing John the Baptist call Jesus ‘the Lamb of God’, [...]
Gospel Reflection Tuesday before the Epiphany (3 January) – The Lamb of God
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 29-34) in which John the Baptist, seeing Jesus coming towards him, says, ‘Look, there [...]
Gospel Reflection Saturday – 7th day in the Octave of Christmas (31 December) – The Word
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 1-18) in which says ‘In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with [...]
Gospel Reflection Friday – 6th day in the Octave of Christmas (30 December) – Feast of the Holy Family
Today as we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (2: 13-15, 19-23) in which [...]
Gospel Reflection Thursday -5th day in the Octave of Christmas (29 December) – Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (2: 22-35) in which a devout man named Simeon encounters the Holy Family in the [...]
Gospel Reflection Wednesday after Christmas (28 December) – Feast of the Holy Innocents
Today as we remember the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (2: 13-18) in which the [...]
Gospel Reflection Tuesday (27 December) – Octave of the Nativity of the Lord St John, The Apostle
In the weekdays of the Christmas season, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (20: 2-8) in which Mary of Magdala, distressed [...]
Gospel Reflection Monday (26 December) – Octave of the Nativity of the Lord St Stephen
As we begin the weekdays of the Christmas season, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 17-22) in which Jesus warns [...]
Christmas 2022 – Mass of the Nativity of our Lord
Mindful that some people are unable to attend Mass in person this Christmas, Fr Paul has recorded this Mass so everyone can still feel [...]
Gospel Reflection Saturday (24 December) – 4th week of Advent – An old man’s song of thanksgiving
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 67-79) in which John’s father, Zechariah, filled with the Holy Spirit praises God and [...]
Gospel Reflection Friday (23 December) – 4th week of Advent – His name is John
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 57-66) in which Elizabeth gives birth to a son and her husband, Zechariah, confirms [...]
Gospel Reflection Thursday (22 December) – 4th week of Advent – Mary’s Song
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 46-55) in which Mary exclaims the Magnificat in response to Elizabeth’s greeting and in praise of [...]
Gospel Reflection Wednesday (21 December) – 4th week of Advent – Let God do his part
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-45) in which Mary visits her pregnant cousin Elizabeth at her home in Judea.Fr [...]
Gospel Reflection Tuesday (20 December) – 4th week of Advent – God is with us
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38) in which the angel Gabriel visits Mary, who trusts the Holy Spirit and [...]
Gospel Reflection Monday (19 December) – 4th week of Advent – Believe, don’t doubt
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 5-25) in which the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah and his wife, [...]