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 [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (25: 14-30) in which Jesus tells his disciples the parable of the landowner who entrusts various amounts of money to his three servants to invest in his absence. After the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Augustine, whose memorial we celebrate [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (25: 1-13) in which Jesus tells his disciples the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids. After the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Monica, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says, Monica was born at Tagaste in Africa to [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (24: 42-51) in which Jesus said to his disciples, “Stay awake because you do not know the day when your Master is coming”. In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, we hear at the beginning about the householder staying awake, knowing the hour that the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 27-32) in which Jesus says, “Alas for you Scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You, who are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of corruption”. Fr Paul says, today, in [...]
Today we celebrate the life of St Bartholomew as Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 45-51) in which Philip says, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, the one about whom the prophets wrote.” Fr Paul says we know that Bartholomew was born at Cana in [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (23: 13-32) in which Jesus says, ‘Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites’. Fr Paul says this Gospel today gives us the first four of what is traditionally called, ‘the seven woes’ that are against the scribes and Pharisees. Jesus is making statements about the [...]
Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (23: 1-12) in which Jesus warns against hypocrisy. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of Pope St Pius X, whose memorial we celebrate today. Pope St Pius was born in the village of Riece near Venice in 1835. He was [...]