Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 9-12) in which Jesus says, ‘if anyone openly declares themselves for me in the presence of others, the Son of Man will declare himself for them in the presence of God’s angels.’ This Gospel today really challenges us to reflect on our faith in [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 1-7) in which Jesus warns the disciples and the crowds against the dangers of hypocrisy and tells them how precious each of them is to God. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Teresa of Avila whose [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 47-54) in which Jesus says to the Pharisees, ‘Alas for you lawyers who have taken away the key to knowledge. You have not gone in yourselves and have prevented others going in who wanted to’. Today, Fr Paul says, Jesus is saying that the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 42-46) in which Jesus says to the Pharisees ‘Alas for you lawyers, also, because you load on people burdens that are unendurable, burdens that you yourselves do not move a finger to lift’. Fr Paul says, we hear again in today’s Gospel Jesus speaking [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 34-41) in which Jesus says ‘you Pharisees clean the outside of cup and plate, while inside yourself you are filled with extortion and wickedness. Fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside, too? Instead give alms from what you have [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 29-32) in which Jesus responds to crowd asking for a sign with a reference to the Old Testament, saying ‘none will be given it except the sign of Jonah’. Fr Paul says in this passage we’ve heard today, Jesus reminds the crowds that Jonah’s mission [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 27-28) in which Jesus says happy are those who hear the word of God and keep it. Fr Paul says today’s Gospel is one of the shortest with only two verses, so this is a very small exchange between Jesus and this woman in the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 15-26) in which Jesus says, ‘a household divided against itself collapses’. Fr Paul says in the pre-medical world of this Gospel, things that affected people were put down to devils at work within the person and what Jesus, here, takes issue with is the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 5-13) in which Jesus says ‘Ask and it will be given to you; search and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you’. After reading the Gospel Fr Paul shares a little about the memorial we celebrate today, Our Lady of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 1-4) in which one of the disciples says to Jesus, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples”. Luke, as Fr Paul has mentioned on previous occasions, is the one who highlights and emphasises the prayer life of Jesus. Again, [...]