Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 38-44) in which Jesus speaks out against hypocrisy and tells of the widow who gave all she had. Tony notes that this is the last we will hear from [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 35-37) in which Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, asks, ‘How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David?’. Over the last eight months, [...]
With Fr Paul Gooley on Annual Leave, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 28-34) in which Jesus identifies the two most important commandments: the first, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and [...]
With Fr Paul Gooley on Annual Leave, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 18-27) in which the Sadducees try to trick Jesus with their questioning. Tony says, if we’re not careful, we can get too [...]
With Fr Paul Gooley on Annual Leave, Tony Worner, Leader of Formation for St Agnes’ Parish presents our Gospel reflections this week and today reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 13-17) in which Jesus says, “Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God”. Tony says, [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (12: 1-12) in which Jesus shares the parable of wicked tenants, who beat and kill the Vineyard owner’s messengers. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Boniface whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Boniface was born in Devon in [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (11: 27-33) in which the chief priest, scribes, and the elders of the Temple question where Jesus gets his authority from. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about Ugandan martyrs, St Charles Lwanga and his companions whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says many [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (11: 11-26) in which Jesus encounters an unproductive Fig Tree, before going on to the Temple, where he clashed with the money changes and stall holders. Fr Paul says we are nearing the end of Jesus’ mission in the Gospel of Mark, reaching its climactic [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 46-52) in which a blind man named Bartimaeus asks to ‘see’ Jesus and is healed by him. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the live of St Justin whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Justin was born at the beginning of [...]
Today as we celebrate the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 39-56) in which Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, who says ‘Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled’. Fr Paul says [...]