Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 14-15) in which Jesus, when questioned about why his disciples do not fast, says when the time comes, they will fast. Fr Paul says this Gospel is puzzling because, at the beginning, it seems to rule out fasting, which is one of the three good [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 22-25) in which Jesus says, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine let them renounce themselves and take up their cross every day and follow me’.Fr Paul says these days we are celebrating now, the days between Ash Wednesday and the First [...]
Fr Paul says today we celebrate Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, a season of preparation, hence the change to the colour purple. He then reads from the Gospel of Matthew (6: 1-6, 16-18) in which Jesus tells his disciples to be genuine in giving to others, not for appearances or [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 28-31) in which Jesus promises eternal life to those who follow him after Peter asks, ‘What about us? We left everything to follow you’. Fr Paul says this little story is essentially a repeat of Jesus’s teaching about wealth. Wealth makes entering the Kingdom of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 17-27) in which a young man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. Fr Paul reminds us of the teaching in last Saturday’s about how to enter the Kingdom of God like a little child, that means to be the lowest of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 13-16) in which Jesus chides the disciples for preventing the children from coming to him. Fr Paul says this short reading we’ve heard today has two very important teachings. The first, simply tells us of the importance of every single human being. Every human being [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 1-12) in which the Pharisees test Jesus by asking ‘Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife?’. Fr Paul says, what we need to be aware with this Gospel today is that the Pharisees come to Jesus with a trick question… [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 41-50) in which Jesus tells his disciples ‘if anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink just because you belong to Christ… will most will certainly not lose his reward’. Fr Paul says, in his mind, there has always been a real danger [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 38-40) in which Jesus tells his disciples ‘no one who works a miracle in my name is likely to speak evil of me, anyone who is not against us is for us’. After the Gospel reading, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of [...]
Today as we celebrate the feast of the Chair of St Peter, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (16: 13-19) in which Simon-Peter declares that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Fr Paul says that even though today’s feast is called ‘The Chair of St Peter’, it is [...]