Gospel Reflection Friday (9 December) – 2nd week of Advent – You did not dance
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 16-19) in which Jesus asked the crowds ‘What description can I find for this [...]
Gospel Reflection Thursday (8 December) – 2nd week of Advent – The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today as we celebrate the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke [...]
Gospel Reflection Wednesday (7 December) – 2nd week of Advent – St Ambrose
Today as we celebrate the life of St Ambrose, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus says [...]
Gospel Reflection Tuesday (6 December) – 2nd week of Advent – Prepare a way in the wilderness
Fr Paul reads from the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah (40: 1-11) in which a voice cries: “Prepare in the wilderness a way [...]
Gospel Reflection Monday (5 December) – 2nd week of Advent – The spiritual and the physical
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (5: 17-26) in which some men lowered a paralysed man in through the roof of [...]
Gospel Reflection Saturday (3 December) – 1st week of Advent – St Francis Xavier
Today as we celebrate the memorial of St Francis Xavier, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 35 – 10: 1, [...]
Gospel Reflection Friday (2 December) – 1st week of Advent – Jesus gives us light
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 27-31) in which two blind men came to Jesus seeking healing and he asked [...]
Gospel Reflection Thursday (1 December) – 1st week of Advent – Jesus challenges us
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (7: 21, 24-27) in which Jesus says 'everyone who hears these words of mine and [...]
Gospel Reflection Wednesday (30 November) – 1st week of Advent – St Andrew, Apostle
Today as we celebrate the life of St Andrew, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (4:18-22) in which Jesus calls the [...]
Gospel Reflection Tuesday (29 November) – 1st week of Advent – Jesus rejoices
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10:21-24) in which Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, praises God and says to his [...]
Gospel Reflection Monday (28 November) – 1st week of Advent – The man whose faith impressed Jesus
As we begin Church’s new liturgical year with the season of Advent, Fr Paul notes the change to the colour purple in the [...]
Gospel Reflection Saturday (26 November) – 34th week Ordinary Time – Watching and praying
On this, the last day of the Church’s liturgical year, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 34-36) in which Jesus [...]
Gospel Reflection Friday (25 November) – 34th week Ordinary Time – My words will never pass away
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 21-33) in which Jesus tells his disciples, just as you know summer is near when [...]
Gospel Reflection Thursday (24 November) – 34th week Ordinary Time – St Andrew Dung Lac and Companions
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 20-28) in which Jesus continues to share with his disciples the destruction ahead for [...]
Gospel Reflection Wednesday (23 November) – 34th week Ordinary Time – Stand firm
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 12-19) in which Jesus tells the disciples of the persecution they will face because [...]
Gospel Reflection Tuesday (22 November) – 34th week Ordinary Time – St Cecilia
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 5-11) in which Jesus foretells of the destruction of the Temple. Afterwards, Fr Paul [...]
Gospel Reflection Monday (21 November) – 34th week Ordinary Time – Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (21: 1-4) in which Jesus observed the contribution made by a poor widow to the [...]
Gospel Reflection Saturday (19 November) – 33rd week Ordinary Time – God of the Living
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (20: 27-40) in which Jesus addresses a question put to him by the Sadducees about [...]
Gospel Reflection Friday (18 November) – 33rd week Ordinary Time – People hung on his every word
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 45-48) in which Jesus drives out those who were selling in the temple; he [...]
Gospel Reflection Thursday (17 November) – 33rd week Ordinary Time – St Elizabeth of Hungary
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 41-44) in which Jesus, as he approached Jerusalem, weeps for the city. Afterwards, Fr [...]
Gospel Reflection Wednesday (16 November) – 33rd week Ordinary Time – Use what you have been given well
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 11-28) in which Jesus tells the parable of the King who gives money to [...]
Gospel Reflection Tuesday (15 November) – 33rd week Ordinary Time – Zacchaeus meets Jesus
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (19: 1-10) in which Zacchaeus, who climbed a sycamore tree to get a better view [...]
Gospel Reflection Monday (14 November) – 33rd week Ordinary Time – Jesus have pity on me
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (18: 35-43) in which the blind man hearing the crowd as Jesus was passing by, [...]
Gospel Reflection Saturday (12 November) – 32nd week Ordinary Time – St Josaphat
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (18: 1-8) in which Jesus tells his disciples a parable about the need to pray [...]
Gospel Reflection Friday (11 November) – 32nd week Ordinary Time – St Martin of Tours
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (17: 26-37) in which Jesus says, ‘anyone who tries to preserve their life will lose [...]