Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 46-52) in which Jesus heals Bartimaeus, a blind beggar who was sitting at the side of the road. Fr Paul says, there are several special things about the Gospel we’ve heard. Firstly, it is just as Jesus is leaving Jericho. We need to [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 32-45) in which Jesus tells the disciples ‘anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man, himself, did not come to be served [...]
As the green colour which signifies Ordinary Time returns, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 28-31) in which Jesus tells the disciples that no-one who has given up things for his sake or that of the Gospel, will fail to be rewarded. Today, Fr Paul says, this little story [...]
With the celebration of Pentecost on Sunday, Fr Paul says we now move back into the Ordinary Time in the Church’s liturgical calendar. After reading the Gospel from Luke (1: 39-56), Fr Paul shares a little more about this feast of Mary Help of Christians. Mary, under this title, Mary Help of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 20-25), in which Jesus says to Simon Peter, of the disciple that he loved, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?’. Fr Paul says, we again hear in this Gospel of someone called the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 15-19), in which Jesus asks Simon Peter ‘do you love me?’ and Simon Peter replies, ‘Yes, Lord; you know I love you’. The Gospel we hear today, Fr Paul notes, is a prelude to the coming of the Spirit on the Church. Peter, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (17: 20-26), in which Jesus praying to the Father says, ’I have given them the glory you have gave to me that they may be one, as we are one; with me in them and you in me, may they be so completely one [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (17: 11-19), in which Jesus speaking to the Father says, ‘As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world’. As we continue to read this discourse, Fr Paul notes, in this part that it centres on the separation of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (17: 1-11), in which Jesus speaking to the Father, says ‘Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you’. In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, we are hearing the final discourse of Jesus at the Last Supper. As we listen, we hear that it [...]
Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (16: 29-33), in which Jesus tells the disciples they will have trouble in the world but they are to be brave for he conquered the world. This reading brings us to the end of this second version of the Last Supper discourse. It ends with an [...]