Pastoral

Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a mustard seed Today in our Gospel (Matthew 13: 31-35) we hear two parables in [...]

The Son of Man came to not to be served but to serve Feast of St James Today we celebrate the life [...]

The parable of the sower Today Fr Paul reads two passages from the Gospel of Matthew. The first (Matthew 13:1-9) is the [...]

Why Jesus teaches in parables Fr Paul says that in our Gospel today, Matthew (13:10-17) quite cleverly slips in the question the [...]

Fr Paul filmed in mid April footage of him and Shannon (Fr Donnelly's pup) on their morning walking ritual reciting the rosary. This [...]

Feast of St Mary Madgalene Today’s Gospel is from John (20:1-2, 11-18) and, as a Church, today we remember and celebrate the [...]

Who can be part of Jesus’ family? Today’s Gospel (Matthew 12: 46-50) may seem quite strange as we see the two distinct [...]

The Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign In our Gospel (Matthew 12: 38-42) today we hear the scribes and the Pharisees asking [...]

Jesus is the servant of the Lord Fr Paul says today’s Gospel from Matthew (12: 14-21) explains to us how Jesus is [...]

Come to me and I will give you rest Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus invites [...]

Feast St Bonaventure Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (11: 25-27) and shares a little about the life of St Bonaventure, [...]

Jesus laments for the unrepentant towns In today’s Gospel from Matthew (11: 20-24) we hear Jesus lamenting over towns such as Chorazin, Bethsaida [...]

The Gospel today comes from Matthew (10: 34 -11:1) and, like Saturday, our reading is at the end of the second set [...]

Feast of St Benedict Today we celebrate the memorial of St Benedict, who was born in 480 in Nursia in Italy and [...]

Jesus sends the twelve as sheep among the wolves In today’s Gospel (Matthew 10: 16-23), like the last couple of days, Jesus [...]

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 [...]