Jesus casts out demons In this Gospel we hear Matthew (8: 28-34) again stressing the power of Jesus. Fr Paul says we hear today of Jesus’ encounter with not one demoniac (a person possessed by an evil spirit/demon) but two. So fierce are they, that no-one can pass by that way. It [...]
Jesus calms our storms Yesterday, due to the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul, we didn’t get to hear the Gospel from Ordinary Time in which Jesus, with great crowds around him, decides to get into a boat with his disciples and go to the other side of the lake. In the [...]
Feast of Sts Peter and Paul Many questioned the wisdom of Jesus, as we hear in today’s Gospel (Matthew 16:13-19), as he appoints Peter as the rock, the foundation on which the church will be built. As we celebrate the feast day of St Peter and St Paul, we realise that they [...]
Jesus heals many including the Centurion’s servant Continuing from yesterday, the healing episodes mentioned in Matthew’s Gospel today (8: 5-17) relate to the first three (out of ten) miracles Jesus works after the Sermon on the Mount. Fr Paul says that similar to yesterday’s cleansing of the leper, the ones mentioned today [...]
(Matthew 8: 1-4) Jesus heals the leper In the Gospel of Matthew (8: 1-4) that Fr Paul reads today, Jesus has just come down from delivering the Sermon on the Mount and we hear about Jesus cleansing a leper. Fr Paul says that in Matthew’s Gospel there are ten wonders or miracles worked [...]
Listen to these words and act on them Fr Paul reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (7: 21-29), which brings to an end the Sermon on the Mount. Fr Paul says Jesus ends this sermon with both a threat and a promise. The threat we hear at the beginning is that we can’t [...]
Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (1:57-66, 80) and says it is interesting to note that no other saint, except the Blessed Virgin Mary, has a feast to celebrate their birthday. John the Baptist has two feasts celebrated during the Church’s year [...]
Treat others as you would like them to treat you Fr Paul says we are winding down towards the end of the Sermon on the Mount in today’s Gospel (Matthew 7: 6, 12-14) in which we hear one verse, then skip over five verses that talk about asking, seeking and knocking. The [...]
Do not judge and you will not be judged After Fr Paul reads today’s gospel (Matthew 7:1-5) he shares a bit about the lives of the two saints whose feast we celebrate, St Thomas More and St John Fisher. Thomas More was born in London in 1478 and was the son of [...]
Mary stored all these things in her heart After Fr Paul reads today’s gospel (Luke 2:41-51) he draws our attention to the last line… ‘His mother, Mary, stored all these things in her heart’. As we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Fr Paul acknowledges these words as the [...]