Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 36-50) in which a woman of poor reputation anoints the feet of Jesus with expensive ointment. Fr Paul says today’s Gospel is a story of devotion and repentance, but a story also of the welcome of Jesus. Jesus does not rebuke the sinner [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 31-35) in which Jesus says his generation is like children sitting in the marketplace, calling out to each other: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance”. Fr Paul says the whole point of a parable is that it is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (17: 11-19) in which Jesus prays, ‘Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the lives of St Cornelius and St Cyprian [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (19: 25-27) in which Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing at the foot of the cross, said, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the memorial of 'Our Lady of Sorrows' which we remember today. Fr [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (4: 1-10, 13-20) in which Jesus shares the Parable of the Sower as he is teaching the crowds from a boat at the lake. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St John Chrysostom, whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 39-42) in which Jesus says, ‘How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye?’. Fr Paul says as Luke draws his Sermon on the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (6:27-38) in which Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly’. Fr Paul says Luke’s version of the Beatitudes puts the emphasis not on Christian attitudes, as Matthew’s [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 20-26) in which Jesus shares the blessings and woes of that come with trying to live a life that will be rewarded in heaven. Fr Paul says Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount and this gospel, Luke’s Sermon on the Plain, are both collections [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (6: 12-19) in which Jesus went out into the hills to pray, and he spent the whole night in pray to God. Fr Paul says prayer is important to our Gospel Writer, Luke, which may be why he shows Jesus spending the whole night [...]
As we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (1: 18-23) in which an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream and tells him ‘Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in [...]