The splinter and the plank Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 39-42) in which Jesus tells his disciples the parable about the blind leading the blind. This Gospel is drawing to a conclusion the Sermon on the Plain as the writer of Luke gives us two warnings of Jesus. Both warnings [...]
Love your enemies Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 27-38) in which Jesus tells his disciples to love your enemies. Fr Paul reminds us, that yesterday we had Luke’s version of the Beatitudes and it puts the emphasis on blessing those who are experiencing real dire need. In today’s Gospel, Luke [...]
The character of discipleship Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 20-26) when Jesus shares with his disciples what it means to be blessed by God. This Gospel has similarities to the Sermon on the Mount. However, just prior to Luke’s Gospel today, Fr Paul says we hear that Jesus comes to a [...]
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Today Fr Paul reads from Matthew’s Gospel (1: 18-23) about Mary’s engagement to Joseph. Today we celebrate the birthday of Mary. Fr Paul says 8 September is the set date for this because it is nine months from 8 December, when we celebrate her Immaculate [...]
Is it against the law to do good or to do evil? Today Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 6-11) when Jesus teaches and heals in the synagogue on the Sabbath. Fr Paul says today’s Gospel is another story on Jesus’ authority to break the Sabbath. In this Gospel, Jesus goes [...]
Keeping the Sabbath Today Fr Paul reads from Luke’s Gospel (6: 1-5) in which the Pharisees question Jesus about keeping the Sabbath. In our Gospel today there are two stories about Jesus and the Sabbath; one about working on the Sabbath and the other about healing on the Sabbath. Fr Paul says [...]
The old and the new Today in Luke’s Gospel (5: 33-39) we hear the parable of the old and new cloth and the wineskins. Fr Paul says the Gospel today focusses on fasting and the question being discussed in it is ‘Should the disciples of Jesus accept and live out the religious [...]
Pope St Gregory the Great Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (5: 1-11) in which Jesus calls his first disciples and then shares a little about St Gregory the Great whose life we celebrate today. Gregory was born in the year 540 in Rome into an aristocratic family. Initially, he had [...]
Jesus heals many Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (4: 38-44) in which the authority of Jesus is emphasised as we see him cure the mother-in-law of Simon Peter. Today, unlike many other times, Jesus does not touch Simon Peter’s mother-in-law to heal her. He simply leans over her, rebukes the [...]
Jesus: the Holy One of God Today Fr Paul again reads the Gospel from Luke (4: 31-37). We take up the story after Jesus spent the 40 days and 40 nights in the desert, went home and, as we heard yesterday, experienced the rejection of the people. Today, in Luke, we hear the [...]