Today’s Gospel from Mark (3: 20-21), Fr Paul says is very short, just two verses. It tells of the reaction of Jesus’s family when he returns home. Fr Paul says this Gospel reading is about the rejection of Jesus. Today, he says, we hear that his family thinks he is out of [...]
Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel, again, from Mark (3: 13-19) in which Jesus appoints the twelve who were to be his companions and to be sent out to preach with power. Today, Fr Paul says, we hear the names of the twelve appointed apostles. He says, the names differ in the various [...]
After reading the Mark’s Gospel (3: 7-12) in which people, who had heard about Jesus, came to him in great numbers, Fr Paul shares a bit about the life of St Agnes, whose feast we celebrate today. Before doing that he draws our attention to the fact that today the Gospel writer [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (3: 1-6) in which Jesus is in the synagogue on the Sabbath and cures the man with the withered hand. Fr Paul says, today we hear the last of five events of controversy in Galilee. These five events, or controversies, are between Jesus and [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 23-28) in which Jesus is questioned by the Pharisees about the actions of his disciples as they pass through a cornfield. Fr Paul says, Mark’ account of this Gospel is different from Matthew’s; instead of eating the corn, they are pulling it up [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 18-22) in which Jesus is questioned about why his disciples did not fast as others do. In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, we see Jesus clash again with the Pharisees in Galilee. The Pharisees were sticklers for abiding by the law and fasting [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 13-17) in which Jesus tells the Pharisees ‘It is not the healthy who need the doctor but the sick; I did not come to call the virtuous but sinners.’ Fr Paul says, today’s Gospel starts out by telling us that Capernaum is the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (2: 1-12) in which the friends of the paralytic lower him through the roof of the house where Jesus is speaking. Fr Paul says one of the central themes in the Gospels from Mark we have heard this week is the authority of Jesus, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 40-45) in which see Jesus moved with compassion for the leper who comes to him to be cured. In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, we see the care and concern of Jesus. The leper has no right to even approach Jesus, but he [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (1: 29-39) in which we are given a glimpse of the ministry of Jesus in Capernaum, a little fishing village near the lake of Galilee. Fr Paul says Jesus’s ministry is one of healing and of prayer. Firstly, we hear of the healing of [...]