Pastoral

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 [...]

Jesus came not to abolish the Law but to complete it In today’s Gospel of Matthew (5:17-19), Jesus once again gathers his [...]

Salt and Light Anne notes that Jesus preferred using simple every day imagery to make his point as demonstrated in today’s Gospel [...]

The Beatitudes Many will be familiar with today’s Gospel from Matthew (5:1-12): the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount is one [...]

The widow gave all she had In Mark’s Gospel (12:38-44) today we hear of the contrast between the scribes and the widow [...]

Feast of St Boniface Today Anne O’Brien shares the Gospel from the liturgy for the Feast of St Boniface (675-754AD) who was a [...]

What is the greatest commandment? Today’s Gospel (Mark 12:28-34) follows on from what we have heard the last couple of days and concludes a [...]

Feast of St Charles Lwanga & Companions Today, while we reflect on the Gospel of Mark (12:18-27), Tony asks us also to [...]

Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar Today, Tony reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 13-17), which documents a confrontation between [...]

Feast of Mary Mother of the Church: ‘Here is your mother’ The celebration of Mary Mother of the Church falls perfectly in [...]

Who is the beloved disciple? Today is the last of our Easter season – it is a time of change – from [...]