Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 18-22) in which Jesus is questioned about why his disciples did not fast as others do. In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, we see Jesus clash again with the Pharisees in Galilee. The Pharisees were sticklers for abiding by the law and fasting [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 13-17) in which Jesus tells the Pharisees ‘It is not the healthy who need the doctor but the sick; I did not come to call the virtuous but sinners.’ Fr Paul says, today’s Gospel starts out by telling us that Capernaum is the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 1-12) in which the friends of the paralytic lower him through the roof of the house where Jesus is speaking. Fr Paul says one of the central themes in the Gospels from Mark we have heard this week is the authority of Jesus, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 40-45) in which see Jesus moved with compassion for the leper who comes to him to be cured. In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, we see the care and concern of Jesus. The leper has no right to even approach Jesus, but he [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 29-39) in which we are given a glimpse of the ministry of Jesus in Capernaum, a little fishing village near the lake of Galilee. Fr Paul says Jesus’s ministry is one of healing and of prayer. Firstly, we hear of the healing of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 21-28) in which we see the growing authority of Jesus. This growing authority, Fr Paul says, is the theme of the early part of Mark’s Gospel. As we know, Jesus has already called his disciples and when he called them, they left everything [...]
Follow me As we return to the Gospels and green banners of Ordinary Time, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 14-20) in which Jesus declares that the Kingdom of God is at hand and calls his first disciples. In this Gospel, Fr Paul says, Jesus begins his ministry and [...]
He must grow greater; I must become less Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 22-30) in which John the Baptist again bears witness to Jesus as the one who was promised. Fr Paul says, this final Gospel in the series of readings after the Epiphany is the final one [...]
Jesus cures the leper Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (5: 12-16) in which the leper says to Jesus “If you want to, you can cure me”. Epiphany, as Fr Paul mentioned last Sunday, means ‘manifestation’ or an appearance or a demonstration and the Gospels we have read this week [...]
Jesus returns to his hometown Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (4: 14-22) in which Jesus reads from scripture in the synagogue on the Sabbath at Nazara. In the Gospel we have just heard, Fr Paul says, Jesus explains his mission. Jesus unrolls the scroll and stops at the central [...]