Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (17: 1-6) in which Jesus says to his disciples ‘obstacles are sure to come but alas to the person who provides them’.Fr Paul says the Gospel we’ve heard today shows us that Luke is using the sayings of Jesus that he has access to. Both [...]
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 [...]