Episodes
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Gospel 3-4 January 2026 - The Epiphany of the Lord, Yr A.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Matthew 2: 1-12 After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east. ‘Where is the infant king of the Jews/’ they asked. ‘We saw his star as…
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Gospel 28 December 2025 - Feast of the Holy Family, Yr A.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you,...
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Gospel 25-28 December 2025 - Christmas & Feast of the Holy Family, Yr A.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you,...
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Gospel 24 December 2025 - Christmas & Feast of the Holy Family, Yr A
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Luke 2:1-14 Caesar Augustus issued a decree for a census of the whole world to be taken. This census – the first – took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to his own town to be registered....
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Gospel 20 -21 December 2025 - 4th Sunday of Advent, Yr A.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Matthew 1:18-24 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph…
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Gospel 13-14 December 2025 - 3rd Sunday of Advent, Yr A.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Matthew 11:2-11 John in his prison had heard what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or have we got to wait for someone else?’ Jesus answered, ‘Go back and tell…
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Gospel 6-7 December 2025 - 2nd Sunday of Advent, Yr A.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Matthew 3:1-12 In due course John the Baptist appeared; he preached in the wilderness of Judaea, and this was his message: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’ This was the man the prophet Isaiah…
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Gospel 29-30 November 2025 - 1st Sunday of Advent, Yr A.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Matthew 24:37-44 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, takin wives, taking husbands, right up…
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Gospel 22-23 November 2025 - Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Luke 23:35-43 The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The...
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Gospel 15-16 November 2025 - 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to Luke 21:5-19 - When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, ‘All these things you are staring at now – the time will come when not a...
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Gospel 8-9 November 2025 - The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to John 2:13-22 - Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting at their counters there. Making a...
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Gospel 1-2 November 2025 - All Saints Day & All Souls Day, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Luke 7:11-17 Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. When he was near the gate of the town it happened that a dead man was being carried out for burial, the only…
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Gospel 25-26 October 2025 - 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to Luke 18:9-14 - Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else: ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax…
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Gospel 18-19 October 2025 - 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Luke 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man. In the same town...
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Gospel 4-5 October 2025 - 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to Luke 17:5-10 - The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it...
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Gospel 27-28 September 2025 - 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Luke 16:19-31 Jesus said to the Pharisees: ‘There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there lay a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores…
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Gospel 13-14 September 2025 - The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to John 3:13-17 - Jesus said to Nicodemus: ‘No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven; and the Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent…
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Gospel 6-7 September 2025 - 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to Luke 14:25-33 - Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way, and he turned and spoke to them. ‘If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too…
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Gospel 30-31 August 2025 - 22nd - Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to Luke 14:1,7-14 - On a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the...
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Gospel 23-24 August 2025 - 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to Luke 13:22-30 - Through towns and villages Jesus went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, ‘Sir, will there be only a few saved?’ He said to them, ‘Try your best to enter by the narrow door,...
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Gospel 16-17 August 2025 - 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans -Mount Gambier Catholic Parish -Gospel according to Luke 12:49-53 -Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over! “Do...
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Gospel 9-10 August 2025 - 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans -Mount Gambier Catholic Parish -Gospel according to Luke 12:32-48 -Jesus said to his disciples: ‘See that you are dressed for action and have your lamps lit. Be like men waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he...
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Gospel 2-3 August 2025 - 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans -Mount Gambier Catholic Parish -Gospel according to Luke 12:13-21 -A man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.’ ‘My friend,’ he replied, ‘who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?’ Then he…
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Gospel 26-27 July 2025 - 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Gospel according to Luke 11:1-13 - Once Jesus was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished one of his disciples said, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘Say this when you pray:...
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Gospel 19-20 July 2025 - 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel according to Luke 10:38-42 Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord’s feet and listened to him speaking. Now Martha who was distracted…
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Gospel 12-13 July 2025 - 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel: Luke 10:25-37There was a lawyer who, to disconcert Jesus, stood up and said to him, ‘Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? What do you read there?’ He replied, ‘You must…
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Gospel 5-6 July 2025 - 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic ParishGospel: Luke 10:1-12,17-20The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit. He said to them, ‘The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few, so ask the…
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Gospel 14-15 June 2025 - The Most Holy Trinity, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish. Gospel: John 16:12-15 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now. But when the Spirit of truth comeshe will lead you to the complete truth,since he will not be speaking…
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Gospel, 7-8 June 2025 - Pentecost Sunday, Yr C
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish.Gospel - John 20:19-23 -In the evening of the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, 'Peace be with you', and showed…
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Gospel 31 May-1 June 2025 - The Ascension of the Lord, Yr C.
Celebration Mass - 140th of the St Paul's Church.Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic ParishGospel: Luke 24:46-53Jesus said to his disciples:‘You see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that, in his name, repentance for the...
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Gospel 17-18 May 2025 5th Sunday of Easter, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel: John 13:31-35 When Judas had gone Jesus said: ‘Now has the Son of Man been glorified, and in him God has been glorified. If God has been glorified inhim, God will in turn glorify him in himself, and will glorify him very soon.…
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Gospel, 10-11 May 2025 - 4th Sunday of Easter, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel: John 10:27-30 Jesus said: ‘The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me. The Father who gave them to me…
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Gospel 3-4 May 2025 - 3rd Sunday of Easter, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel: John 21:1-19 Jesus showed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his...
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Gospel 26-27 April 2025 - 2nd Sunday Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday, Yr C
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel: John 20:19-31 In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’…
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Farewell Mass for Fr Olek Stirrat
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish
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Easter Sunday - Gospel
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish
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Easter Vigil Mass - Gospel
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish
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Good Friday
Passion of the Lord - Good Friday Homily.
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Gospel 12-13 April 2025 - Palm Sunday of Lent, Yr C.
Homily by Father Olek Stirrat Mount Gambier Catholic ParishGospel: Luke 19:28-40Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, atthe mount that is called Olivet, he sent two disciples, saying, ‘Go into the village opposite, where on entering you will find a...
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Gospel 5-6 April 2025 - Fifth Sunday of Lent, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic ParishGospel: John 8:1-11Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At daybreak he appeared in the Temple again; and as all the people came to him, he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman along who had been caught...
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Gospel 29-30 March 2025 - Fourth Sunday of Lent, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel: Luke 15:1-3,11-32 The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. ‘This man’ they said, ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So,...
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Gospel 22-23 March 2025 - Third Sunday of Lent, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel Luke 13:1-9 Some people arrived and told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them, ‘Do you suppose these Galileans who suffered like that were greater…
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Gospel 15-16 March 2025 - Second Sunday of Lent, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel Luke 9:28-36 Jesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up the mountain to pray. As he prayed, the aspect of his face was changed, and his clothing became brilliant as lightning. Suddenly there were two men there...
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Gospel 8-9 March 2025 - First Sunday of Lent, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through the wilderness, being tempted there by the devil for forty days. During that time, he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry.…
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Gospel 1-2 March 2025 - Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C
Homily by Father Olek Stirrat Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Luke 6:39-45 Jesus told a parable to his disciples: ‘Can one blind man guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit? The disciple is not superior to his teacher; the fully trained disciple will always be like his teacher. Why do you...
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Gospel 22-23 February 2025 Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C
Homily by Father Olek Stirrat Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Gospel: Luke 6:27-38 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly. To the man who slaps you on one…
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Gospel 15-16 February 2025 - Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans - Mount Gambier Catholic Parish - Luke 6:17,20-26 - Jesus came down with the Twelve and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and from Jerusalem and from the coastal...
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Gospel 8-9 February 2025 Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Olek StirratMount Gambier Catholic ParishGospel: Luke 5:1-11Jesus was standing one day by the Lake ofGennesaret, with the crowd pressing round himlistening to the word of God, when he caught sight of two boats close to the bank. The fishermen had gone out of them and were washing...
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Gospel 1-2 February 2025 - The Presentation of the Lord, Yr C.
Homily by Father Peter Zwaans Mount Gambier Catholic ParishGospel: Luke 2:22-40When the day came for them to be purified as laid down by the Law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, – observing what stands written in the Law of the Lord: Every...
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Gospel 25-26 January 2025 - Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, Yr C.
Homily by Father Olek Stirrat Mount Gambier Catholic Parish Luke 1:1-4,4:14-21 Seeing that many others have undertaken to draw up accounts of the events that have taken place among us, exactly as these were handed down to us by those who from the outset were eyewitnesses and ministers of the…
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