Pastoral

Jesus instructs his disciples Yesterday we began the mission discourse of Jesus with the naming of the twelve. Today in Matthew’s Gospel [...]

Jesus names the twelve Today we move on to Chapter 10 of Matthew’s Gospel and Fr Paul says we need to be [...]

The harvest is plenty but the labourers few Fr Paul says that in today’s Gospel (Matthew 9: 32-38) we hear of the completion [...]

Yesterday’s readings were replaced with those for the Feast of St Thomas so we missed hearing about Jesus eating with tax collectors [...]

Feast of St Thomas, the apostle Today Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (20:24-29) about Thomas’ encounter with the risen [...]

The power to forgive sins Today’s Gospel (Matthew 9:1-8) emphasises Jesus power to forgive sins. Fr Paul says that towards the end of [...]

Jesus casts out demons In this Gospel we hear Matthew (8: 28-34) again stressing the power of Jesus.  Fr Paul says we [...]

Jesus calms our storms Yesterday, due to the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul, we didn’t get to hear the Gospel from [...]

Feast of Sts Peter and Paul Many questioned the wisdom of Jesus, as we hear in today’s Gospel (Matthew 16:13-19), as he [...]

Jesus heals many including the Centurion’s servant Continuing from yesterday, the healing episodes mentioned in Matthew’s Gospel today (8: 5-17) relate to [...]

(Matthew 8: 1-4) Jesus heals the leper In the Gospel of Matthew (8: 1-4) that Fr Paul reads today, Jesus has just come [...]

Listen to these words and act on them Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (7: 21-29), which brings to an end [...]

Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (1:57-66, 80) and says it is [...]

Treat others as you would like them to treat you Fr Paul says we are winding down towards the end of the [...]

Do not judge and you will not be judged After Fr Paul reads today’s gospel (Matthew 7:1-5) he shares a bit about [...]

Mary stored all these things in her heart After Fr Paul reads today’s gospel (Luke 2:41-51) he draws our attention to the [...]

I am gentle and humble of heart After reading today’s gospel (Matthew 11: 25-30), Fr Paul shares with us a beautiful reflection [...]

Jesus teaches the people to pray the Our Father Matthew’s Gospel (6:7-15) today, expands on one of the topics mentioned in yesterdays’ [...]

Jesus talks about prayer, alms giving and fasting In today’s Gospel (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18), Jesus talks about the three works of Judaism: [...]

Love your enemies Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (5:43-48), which presents the last of six contrasts delivered by Jesus during the Sermon [...]

Jesus says turn the other cheek Today Tony Worner reads from Matthew’s Gospel (5:38-42), which continues the Sermon on the Mount discourse begun [...]

Feast of St Anthony of Padua Fr Peter reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5:33-37) in which Jesus talks about making promises. [...]

The nature of sin Fr Peter says today’s Gospel (Matthew 5:27-32) passage is very challenging, especially when we reflect in our spiritual [...]

Feast of St Barnabas Today we honour St Barnabas, one of the twelve apostles chosen by God himself, through our Lord Jesus [...]