Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 16-19) in which Jesus compares his generation with children shouting to each other as they sit in the marketplace. Fr Paul says this Gospel reading is often called the parable of the playing children, and it is one of those stark contrasts that [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 11-15) in which Jesus spoke to the crowds saying ‘Of all the children born of women a greater than John the Baptist has never been seen, yet the least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than he is’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (11: 28-30) in which Jesus says, ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (18: 12-14) in which Jesus uses the idea of a shepherd searching for a lost sheep, and his joy at finding it, to explain God the Father's relationship to his people. Fr Paul says in the Old Testament the people of Israel are often [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (5: 17 – 26) in which Jesus cures the paralysed man and challenges the Pharisees and Doctors of the Law who were there about his authority to forgive sins. Fr Paul says the houses, so far, unearthed at Capernaum are tiny enclosures, built of [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 35 – 10: 1, 6- 8) in which Jesus as he sends out the twelve to go to the lost sheep of Israel saying to them ‘You received without charge; give without charge’. Fr Paul says the Gospel today has two parts. Part [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38) in which the Angel Gabriel visits Mary in Nazareth, saying to her, ‘Rejoice, so highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Fr Paul says the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (7: 21, 24-27) in which Jesus says, “It is not those who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven”. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (15: 29-37) in which Jesus, seeing the needs of the people in the large crowd that followed him, healed them and fed them – all ate and were satisfied. Fr Paul says in the Gospel, Jesus goes up to the hills and the people [...]
As we begin Advent, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 21-24) in which Jesus, filled of joy by the Holy Spirit says ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever, and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, [...]