Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (16: 1-8) in which Jesus tells his disciples a parable about the dishonest steward. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Charles Borromeo, whose memorial we celebrate today.Fr Paul notes, Charles Borromeo was born in a castle [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (15: 1-10) in which Jesus tells his disciples the Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin. Fr Paul says today’s gospel gives us two parables on forgiveness. These two parables begin a whole section of Luke’s Gospel, which has been called ‘the Gospel [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (14: 1-6) in which Jesus says to his disciples ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house; if there were not, I should have told you. I am going now [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (5: 1-12) in which Jesus makes the introduction to the Sermon on the Mount. Fr Paul begins by reflecting on the final line from the Gospel today; “rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven”.Fr Paul says that today we celebrate [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 12-14) in which Jesus says when you give a lunch or dinner, do not invite those who can repay you, instead invite those who cannot repay you - the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind - and you will be blessed. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (14: 1, 7-11) in which Jesus, dining at the house of a prominent Pharisee, advises via the parable of a wedding feast, that when you are a guest do not take the place of honour for a person more distinguished than you may have [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 12-19) in which Jesus spent the whole night in prayer before gathering his disciples the next morning to announce those whom he had chosen to be Apostles. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about Apostles, Saint Simon and St Jude, whose feasts we [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (13: 31-35) in which Jesus says of Jerusalem, ‘How often have I have longed to gather your children, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you refused ’. Fr Paul says, this Gospel is full on about the destiny of Jesus. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (13: 22-30) in which Jesus says, in answer to a question about who will be saved, ‘try your best to enter by the narrow door because I tell you many will try to enter and will not succeed’.In today’s Gospel, Fr Paul says, Jesus [...]
Fr Paul Gooley returns today and reads from the Gospel of Luke (13: 18-21) in which Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to a tiny mustard seed that grows into a tree and to the role of yeast in making bread.Today, Fr Paul says, we hear that before Jesus leaves Galilee and begins [...]