Today we celebrate two great saints of the Church, St Peter (who was given the keys to the Kingdom of heaven) and St Paul (who was one of the great missionary evangelists of the Church) as Fr Peter reads from the Gospel of Matthew (16: 13-19) in which Jesus asks his disciples, [...]
Today as we celebrate the memorial of St Irenaeus, Fr Peter reads from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 18-22) about the cost of following Jesus. St Irenaeus lived in the early 2nd Century and was ordained a priest in France and later became a Bishop. He truly defended the faith, which led [...]
The faith of the Centurion Fr Peter reads from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 5-17) in which we hear of the miracle when the Centurion pleads with Jesus for the healing of his servant who was paralyzed and in great pain. As we hear today’s Gospel, Fr Peter asks us to reflect [...]
Fr Peter Wood reads from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 1-4) in which we hear of the miracle of Jesus curing and transforming the life of the leper who felt unworthy of love. In this beautiful story between Jesus and the leper, Fr Peter says, we hear how such an encounter shows [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Lay Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from Luke’s Gospel (1: 57-55, 80) as today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Nativity of St John the Baptist. Tony says today is a solemnity – a great feast – the most significant feast the Church can establish. While other saints are remembered with feast [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Lay Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, continues the sequence of the previous three days, reading from Matthew’s Gospel (7: 15-20) in which Jesus warns his disciples to ‘Beware of false prophets’. Perhaps, Tony says, we have never needed the warning about false prophets as much as we do today, [...]
Today, as we celebrate the Memorial of John Fisher and Thomas More, Tony Worner, Leader of Lay Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and Matthew’s Gospel (7: 6, 12-14) in which Jesus says “always treat others as you would like them to treat you”. Tony then shares a little about the lives [...]
Today, as we celebrate the Memorial of St Aloysius Gonzaga, Tony Worner, Leader of Lay Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on Matthew’s Gospel (7: 1-7) in which Jesus says "do not judge and you will not be judged”. Tony notes that in this text Jesus speaks both in the [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Lay Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on Matthew’s Gospel (6: 24-34) in which Jesus tells the disciples not to be anxious about anything and uses examples of birds in the air, flowers and grass in the field to show how God looks after everything. [...]
Anne O’Brien, Leader of Mission Integration for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on Matthew’s Gospel (6: 19-23) in which Jesus tells the disciples it is better to store up treasures in heaven than on earth. Anne says, one of the most striking examples of conscious choice, of someone’s choice of [...]