Today, as we celebrate Australia Day, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 1-12) in which, Jesus teaches his disciples ‘The Beatitudes’. Fr Paul says these eight blessings are at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, pointing out eight ways in which we can welcome God into our [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (16: 15-18) in which, Jesus showed himself to the apostles and said ‘Go out to the whole world, proclaim the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.’ Fr Paul says prior [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (4: 1-20) in which, Jesus got into a boat and taught the large crowds gathered on the shore many things through parables. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Francis de Sales, whose memorial we celebrated today. Fr Paul says Francis [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (3: 31-35) in which, Jesus asks, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers and sisters?’. In this Gospel, Fr Paul says we hear that the mother, brothers and sisters of Jesus appear. They will appear again in the scene of the rejection of Jesus at [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (3: 22-30) in which, Jesus says ‘If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last’. Fr Paul says the fact that ‘scribes’ come down from Jerusalem indicates that the reputation of Jesus has already spread that far from Galilee, about a week’s journey. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (3: 20-21) in which, Jesus’ family, when they learn of his situation, goes to check on him, convinced he is out of his mind. Fr Paul says this reading and those of the two following days are about the rejection of Jesus. First, as we [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (3: 13-19) in which Jesus went up on a mountainside and summoned those he wanted, so they came to him, and he appointed twelve as companions and to proclaim God’s Kingdom. Fr Paul says the names of the Twelve vary in different accounts of the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (3: 7-12) in which large crowds from all over the country follow Jesus everywhere and unclean spirits that saw him, fearfully recognised him as the Son of God. Fr Paul says Jesus withdraws to the lakeside, where the great crowd gathers which, Matthew will use [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (3: 1-6) in which Jesus cures a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Anthony, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says St Anthony is the originator of the monastic life. He [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Mark (2: 23-28) in which Jesus says to the Pharisees, The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath, so the son of man is master even of the Sabbath”. Fr Paul says in Mark’s account this story is subtly different from the more [...]