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 [...]
Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Matthew (16: 13-23) in which Simon says to Jesus, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” and Jesus gives him the name Peter (which means ‘rock’) and says, “on this rock I will build my church”. Fr Paul says this reading is a turning [...]
As we celebrate the Transfiguration of our Lord, Fr Paul reads the Gospel from Luke (9: 28-36) in which Jesus takes Peter, John and James up onto a mountain to pray and there they witness his appearance transform. Fr Paul says this account of the Transfiguration of the Lord can sound embarrassingly magical. [...]
Fr Paul shares in today’s Gospel (Matthew 14: 22-36) the story of Jesus walking on water to His disciples who were in a boat offshore. Fr Paul says, it is often said in this gospel the Christian people are the boat, and St Peter is at the helm. Like every boat crew, everyone, all of us has a part [...]