On this memorial of Saints Simon and Jude, Fr Peter Wood reads from Luke’s Gospel 6: 12-16) which recalls Jesus choosing the twelve apostles. Fr Peter says it is great whenever we are able to venerate our saints, we are able to look at role models that we can aspire to in our [...]
Fr Peter Wood reads from Luke’s Gospel (13: 22-30) in which Jesus says ‘try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed’. Fr Peter says today’s Gospel is not an easy gospel. As we know, at times, it is a [...]
Fr Peter Wood joins us for this week’s reflections and today reads from Luke’s Gospel (13: 18-21) in which Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a mustard seed or the yeast that makes bread rise. Fr Peter says this Gospel helps us ponder the mystery of the kingdom of God. He says [...]
Tony Worner, our Leader of Formation, reads from Luke’s Gospel (13: 10-17) in which Jesus, after being criticized for healing a crippled woman on the Sabbath, says, ‘Is there one of you who does not untie your ox or donkey from the manger on the Sabbath and take it out for watering?’. Tony [...]
Tony Worner, our Leader of Formation, notes that today is the memorial of John Paul II, and reads from Luke’s Gospel (13: 1-9) in which Jesus tells the people, ‘unless you repent, you too will all perish’. Tony notes that this text is divided into two: First, the section in regard to the need for repentance; and second, [...]
Tony Worner, our Leader of Formation, notes that today is the memorial of John Paul II, and reads from Luke’s Gospel (12: 54-59) in which Jesus asks the crowd, ‘How is it you do not know how to interpret these times? In all times, in ours as in Jesus’s, it is more attractive [...]
Today, Tony Worner, our Leader of Formation, reads from Luke’s Gospel (12: 49-53) in which Jesus says, ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already’. With all the divisiveness present in society these days, Tony says, it seems like the last thing we need [...]
Today, Tony Worner, our Leader of Formation, reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 39-48) in which Jesus says to the disciples ‘When a person has had a great deal given them, a great deal will be demanded of them. When a person has been given a great deal on trust, even more [...]
In Fr Paul’s absence, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish joins us this week for our Gospel reflections. Today, Tony reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 35- 38) in which Jesus tells the disciples ‘see that you are dressed for action and have your lamps lit’. Tony notes [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 1-9) in which Jesus sends his disciples out ‘like lambs among wolves’ to spread the news that the kingdom of God is near. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Luke whose feast we celebrate today. Luke was a Greek [...]