Gospel Reflection – Friday after Ash Wednesday (16 February) – They will fast
2024-02-12T14:34:52+10:00Fr Paul Gooley reads today’s Gospel from Matthew (9: 14-15) in which John the Baptist’s disciples asked Jesus, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’. Fr Paul says the Gospel reading seems at first sight a puzzling choice for the start of Lent, for it [...]