Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 1-12, 17-20) in which Jesus appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. Fr Paul says Patrick was born in Roman Britain around the end of the 4th [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of John (4: 43-54) in which an official whose son is ill urges Jesus to come and cure him. In an act of faith, the man returns home immediately when Jesus says to him ‘Go home your son will live’. Fr Paul says the story [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Luke (18: 9-14) in which Jesus tells a parable about two men offering prayer in the temple: a Pharisee whose prayer is conceited and arrogant and a Tax Collector whose is humble (God, be merciful to me a sinner). Fr Paul says Luke is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Mark (12: 28-34) in which Jesus is asked which is the greatest commandment. The first, he says, is to love God with all your heart, soul and mind; and the second, not far behind, is to love your neighbour as yourself. Fr Paul says [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Luke (11:14-23) in which Jesus says whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me, scatters. Fr Paul says in this Gospel passage Jesus is accused of being in league with the Prince of Demons. The name of [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 17-19) in which Jesus says he has not come to abolish the law or the prophets but to complete them. Fr Paul says God’s covenant with Moses on Mount Sinai was the basis of Israel’s life. It gave the terms under which [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 21-35) in which Jesus tells the parable of the Unforgiving Servant and Peter asks, ‘how many times must I forgive someone?’. Fr Paul says this is a favourite parable of Matthew and it continues and concludes his theme that forgiveness is the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Luke (4: 24-30) in which Jesus says no prophet is accepted in his hometown. Fr Paul says the full impact of this Gospel scene becomes apparent only when we remember that it occurs at Nazareth, and it occurs right at the very beginning of [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Luke (15: 1-3, 11-32) in which Jesus tells the parable of a man with two sons, the younger one of whom asks for his inheritance early. Fr Paul says today’s gospel reading gives us a particularly attractive Lukan story of forgiveness. The story of [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (21: 33-43, 45-46) in which Jesus tells the parable of the vineyard owner and his disrespectful tenants. Fr Paul says Jesus’ understanding of the power or authority of God brought him the violent opposition of some of the Jewish leaders. In the Gospels [...]