Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 1-6) in which Jesus asks the people in the synagogue ‘Is it against the law on the Sabbath day to do good or to do evil, to save life or kill?Fr Paul notes, this is the last of five incidents in Mark, starting from [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 23-28) in which the Pharisees take Jesus to task for the actions of some of his disciples on the Sabbath.As we hear in today’s Gospel Jesus and his disciples are making their way through a cornfield and pushing corn from side to side to [...]
Today, as we celebrate the life of St Anthony, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 18-22) in which Jesus is asked why his disciples are not fasting when others are. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a bit about the life of St Anthony.St Anthony lived from the year 251AD to 356AD [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 13-17) in which Jesus says ‘It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the virtuous, but sinners’.Today’s Gospel starts with a piece of local lore and a puzzle. The piece of local lore is [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 1-12) in which Jesus forgives and heals a paralysed man.Today, again, Jesus is at Capernaum and again, Fr Paul says, we see this focus on the authority of Jesus and, in this Gospel, we see a double healing take place. One healing is for [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 40-45) in which Jesus, moved by deep compassion, heals the Leper.Mark, in today’s Gospel, reflects to us the warmth of Jesus’s humanity and reflects to us the concern that Jesus has for the leper and all those who come to him looking for help. Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 29-39) in which Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law from a fever as well as many others who were unwell in the town. As we heard yesterday and, Fr Paul says, it still applies to today, Jesus is in Capernaum, which is a little fishing village [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 21-28) in which Jesus went to the synagogue and began to teach and those listening were amazed at the authority with which he did this. Fr Paul says the theme of the early part of Mark’s Gospel, which we are reading from, this the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 14-20) in which Jesus proclaims the good news of God and calls Simon, Andrew, James and John to follow him. Fr Paul says as we begin the season of Ordinary Time, this Gospel emphasises the importance of Jesus’s new community. In John’s Gospel we [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (3: 22-30) in which John the Baptist testifies again about Jesus. Fr Paul notes that this Gospel is the final on in the series of readings after the Epiphany and, appropriately, he says it is the final time in the Gospel of John in relation [...]