In Fr Paul’s absence Anne O’Brien, our Director of Mission, will present this week’s reflections and today reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-56) in which Mary visits her pregnant cousin Elizabeth.On this feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Mary Virgin, Anne says, like Mary, she prays ‘My soul magnifies the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16: 29-33) in which the disciples say to Jesus, ‘Now we can see that you know everything and do not have to wait for questions to be put into words, because of this we believe that you came from God’. Fr Paul says today’s Gospel, continuing [...]
On the Saturday before the Ascension, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16: 23-28) in which Jesus tells the disciples, ‘Anything you ask for from the Father, He will grant in my name’. Fr Paul says, today in the Gospel (like yesterday), we hear Jesus referring to the fact that he is [...]
On the Friday before the Ascension, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16: 20-23) in which Jesus tells the disciples, ‘You are sad now, but I shall see you again and your hearts will be full of joy and that joy no one shall take from you’. Today as we approach the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16:16-20) in which Jesus tells the disciples, ‘You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.’ Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Philip Neri, whose memorial we celebrate today.Philip was born in Florence in 1515. At the age [...]
Today Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (16: 12-15) in which Jesus said to his disciples, ‘I still have many things to say to you, but they would be too much for you now but when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you to the complete truth’. Fr Paul says [...]
Today Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 19-21) in which Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. Fr Paul says today, especially for Australia, we celebrate a very special feast, the Feast of Our Lady Help of [...]
Fr Paul reads from John’s Gospel (15:26-16:4) in which Jesus says when Holy Spirit comes, ‘he will be my witness and you, too, will be my witnesses’.Like Saturday’s reflection, Fr Paul says, the theme of persecution is in today’s reading but at the same time there is now the promise of the Holy [...]
In this passage from John’s Gospel (15: 18-21), Jesus says to the disciples, ‘If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own’.Fr Paul says at this point in his life, Jesus knew that his time was [...]
As Fr Paul is away this week for the Annual Clergy Retreat, we are revisiting his Gospel readings and reflections for the 5th Week of Easter last year. The 50 days of the Easter season are so important that the Church uses the same readings each year for this period (unless it is [...]