Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 27-38) in which Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you’. Fr Paul observes in this Gospel that Luke expresses how it is our duty to respond to those in need, even if they are hostile, even if they [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1: 18-23) which tells how Jesus Christ came to be born. Today we celebrate the feast of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr Paul says it is traditionally held on this date as it is exactly 9 months since Mary’s immaculate conception [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 12-19) in which Jesus went out into the hills to pray and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. As we hear in Luke’s Gospel, prayer is a very important element for Luke and there are number times throughout his Gospel where Luke [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 6-11) in which Jesus heals a man with the withered hand on the Sabbath. This is the second story about the Sabbath that Fr Paul referred on Saturday and concerns healing on the Sabbath. It is a recognised principle of the Sabbath Law that to [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 1-5) in which Jesus is questioned by the Pharisees about keeping the Sabbath. Today we come to two stories about Jesus and the Sabbath. One is about the picking of corn on the Sabbath and the other is about healing on the Sabbath (Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (5: 33-39) in which Jesus is questioned about fasting by the Pharisees. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of Pope St Gregory the Great, whose memorial we celebrate today. St Gregory was born in Rome in the 540AD and he [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (5: 1-11) in which Jesus, who had been teaching people about the Word of God, from Simon’s boat, says to him, “Put out into deep water, and pay out your nets for a catch”, to which Simon responds, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night long and [...]
Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (4: 38-44) in which Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law and many others. In today’s reading, Fr Paul says, we again hear of the healing ministry of Jesus - not once but many times. Firstly, with Simon’s mother-in-law we see Jesus rebuking the fever and immediately she [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (4: 31-37) in which the people are amazed at the authority and power of Jesus when he frees a man of his demons. Fr Paul says, this Gospel today shares with us the healing ministry of Jesus. We need to keep in mind, as [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (4: 16-30) in which Jesus reads from the scripture of Isaiah in the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth. Fr Paul says, it would have been an electrifying scene in the synagogue when Jesus read out this passage from Isaiah and began to explain [...]