Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 20-24) in which Jesus reproaches the towns where most of his miracles had been worked because they refused to repent. Fr Paul says, the failure of the Jews to respond to the Messiah was one of the sadness’s of the first Christian generation. So, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 34 - 11:1) in which Jesus says, ‘Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. It is not peace I came to bring, but a sword’. Fr Paul says, at the end of this collection of sayings of Jesus [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 24-33) in which Jesus says, ‘If anyone declares themselves for me in the presence of others, I will declare myself for them in the presence of my father in heaven’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Bonaventure whose memorial [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 16-23) in which Jesus tells the disciples to be on their guard because ‘I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as cunning as serpents and, yet, as innocent as doves’. Fr Paul says much of this central passage of Matthew’s [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 7-15) in which Jesus, when he sends the disciples out, tells them to take nothing with them. Fr Paul says in today’s Gospel, more than the details, the importance of the instructions lies in their atmosphere: the disciples are to be dependent on the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 1-7) in which Jesus sends out the twelve apostles to proclaim the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Fr Paul notes the mission-discourse that we are hearing in Matthew at the moment is the second of Matthew’s five great collections of the sayings [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 32-38) in which Jesus went to all the towns and villages teaching, proclaiming the good news, and healing. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Benedict whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Benedict was born in Nursia, in [...]
Fr Paul Gooley returns and begins by thanking everyone who supported the Gospel Reflections while he was on leave. Today Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 18-26) in which Jesus heals the official’s daughter and tells the sick woman who touches his cloak ‘your faith has restored you to health’. [...]
Anne O’Brien, Deputy CEO (Mission People and Culture), reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 14-17) in which Jesus, when asked why John the Baptist’s followers and the Pharisees fast often, but his disciples did not, says, ‘Put new wine into fresh skins and both are preserved’. Anne notes, John's disciples in today's [...]
Anne O’Brien, Deputy CEO (Mission People and Culture), reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 9-13) in which hear how the Pharisees question the company Jesus keeps when he has dinner at Matthew, the tax collector’s house. Responding to this criticism Jesus says, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but [...]