Today, as we celebrate the Memorial of St Aloysius Gonzaga, Tony Worner, Leader of Lay Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on Matthew’s Gospel (7: 1-7) in which Jesus says "do not judge and you will not be judged”. Tony notes that in this text Jesus speaks both in the [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Lay Formation for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on Matthew’s Gospel (6: 24-34) in which Jesus tells the disciples not to be anxious about anything and uses examples of birds in the air, flowers and grass in the field to show how God looks after everything. [...]
Anne O’Brien, Leader of Mission Integration for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on Matthew’s Gospel (6: 19-23) in which Jesus tells the disciples it is better to store up treasures in heaven than on earth. Anne says, one of the most striking examples of conscious choice, of someone’s choice of [...]
Anne O’Brien, Leader of Mission Integration for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on Matthew’s Gospel (6: 7-15) in which Jesus shares with his disciples how to pray. Anne says, what a wonderful prayer the ‘Our Father’ is – a prayer said all over the world, a universal prayer, a beautiful [...]
Anne O’Brien, Leader of Mission Integration for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on Matthew’s Gospel (6: 1-8, 16-18) in which Jesus tells his disciples to be careful about doing things just to be noticed, but rather their good deeds and prayer should be done without fanfare for the sake of the [...]
Anne O’Brien, Leader of Mission Integration for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, joins us again to read and reflect on the Gospel of Matthew (5: 43-48) in which Jesus asks, ‘If you love those who love you, what right have you to claim any credit? Even the tax collectors do as much.’ Today is a [...]
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you Anne O’Brien, Leader of Mission Integration for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads and reflects on the Gospel of Matthew (5: 38-42) in which Jesus tells his disciples ‘Give to anyone who asks and if anyone wants to borrow do not turn away’. [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (2: 41-51) in which Jesus (at the age of 12) stays behind in Jerusalem after the Festival of the Passover without his parents’ knowledge. ‘His mother stored up all these things in her heart…’, today, we celebrate the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19: 31-37) which tells of the time between Jesus’s death on the cross and when his body is taken down from it. Fr Paul says, today, we celebrate the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; a devotion that is one of the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 20-26) in which Jesus tells his disciples to sort out their difficulties with others before offering their gift at the altar. Jesus in this Gospel gives us six ways in which true righteousness goes beyond what was in the Old Testament. Fr Paul [...]