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 [...]
Today Anne O’Brien, Deputy CEO (Mission People and Culture), reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 1-8) in which Jesus, who forgives and heals the paralysed man, says to those who question his authority, "The Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins." Anne asks how do we envisage authority in [...]
Anne O’Brien, Deputy CEO (Mission People and Culture), reads from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 28-34) in which Jesus heals two men by driving out the demons tormenting them into a herd of pigs. Such was the impact of this healing that the people living in the area implored him to leave the [...]
Today Anne O’Brien, Deputy CEO (Mission People and Culture), reads from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 23-27) in which the disciples, after Jesus calms the storm, ask "Whatever kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him." Anne says today's Gospel tells the story of a time of shock [...]
Anne O’Brien, Deputy CEO (Mission People and Culture), presents our Gospel Reflections this week. Today, as we celebrate the feast of St Thomas (Apostle) Anne reads from the Gospel of John (20: 24-29) in which Jesus says to Thomas, "Here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Doubt no [...]
Fr Prodencio Bognay reads from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 5-17 ) in a centurion approaches Jesus saying ‘I am not worthy to have you under my roof; just give the word and my servant will be cured’. Fr Prodencio says the feeling of unworthiness is a common struggle among us believers. We look [...]
Fr Prodencio Bognay reads from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 1-4) in which Jesus encounters a leper who says to him ‘Sir, if you want to you can cure me’. Fr Prodencio notes that, after curing the leper Jesus says, ‘Mind you, do not tell anyone, but go and show yourself to the [...]
Today as we celebrate the feast of St Peter and St Paul (Apostles) Fr Prodencio Bognay reads from the Gospel of Matthew (16: 13-19) in which Jesus asks his disciples ‘Who do you say I am?. Fr Prodencio says that St Peter was instrumental in becoming the agent of unity or the symbolic [...]