Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 23-30) in which the disciples ask Jesus about who can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Fr Paul says in all three synoptic Gospels, that is the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke, the story of the testing and failure of the rich man is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 16-22) in which a rich young man asks Jesus, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?”. Fr Paul says in this story of the rich man, Matthew has taken Mark’s story and tidied it up in a way which [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 13-15) in which Jesus says, “Let the little children come to me, do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs”. Fr Paul says the centre of Matthew’s version of this little narrative is the [...]
As we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-56) in which Elizabeth exclaims when greeting Mary, ‘Of all women, you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! Why should I be honoured with [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (15: 12-16) in which Jesus says, ‘This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you. A person can have no greater love than lay down one’s life for one’s friends’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Maximilian Kolbe [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 15-20) in which Jesus tells his disciples how to respectfully call each other to account and says, ‘wherever two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them’. Fr Paul says, the Gospel writer, Matthew is a realist. Despite the presence [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 1-5, 10, 12-14) in which the disciples ask Jesus, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”. Fr Paul says, Matthew, as a methodical teacher, gathers much of the teaching of Jesus into five great discourses. The Gospel today is part of [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 27-29) in which Jesus says, “everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will be repaid a hundred times over and will inherit eternal life’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (17: 14-20) in which Jesus says, ‘if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you'. In the gospel we hear today, Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (6: 24-34) in which Jesus encourages his followers to seek the kingdom of God, saying, ‘do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Mary of [...]