Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 1-7) in which Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to cast them out and to cure all kinds of diseases and sickness. Fr Paul says the mission-discourse is the second of Matthew’s five great collections [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 32-38) in which Jesus sees the many needs of the people and says, ‘The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.” Fr Paul says to complete his series of [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 18-26) in which Jesus heals a woman who touches his cloak as well as the official’s daughter who had just died. Fr Paul says in Mark’s version of these two lively little stories about the cure of two women is delightful and moving, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 14-17) in which John’s disciples ask Jesus, ‘How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” Fr Paul says in these two stories about Jesus and the Pharisees we are deep within the problem of the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 9-13) in which the Pharisees, after seeing Jesus going to the tax collector Matthew’s house for dinner, ask Jesus’ disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”. Fr Paul says he thinks it is fairly universal that nobody likes tax-collectors. [...]
As we celebrate the feast of St Thomas, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (20: 24-29) in which Jesus says to Thomas, who refused to believe that Jesus had risen unless he saw for himself, ‘You believe because you can see me; happy are those who have not seen and [...]
Tony Worner, St Agnes’ Catholic Parish’s Leader of Formation, reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 28-34) in which Jesus confronts two demon-possessed men in the region of the Gadarenes. Tony says we all have our own inner demons to contend with, and perhaps we encounter others who we think are also [...]
Tony Worner, St Agnes’ Catholic Parish’s Leader of Formation, reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 23-27) in which Jesus calms the wind and the sea. Tony says, today’s Gospel, which follows on after yesterday’s, can seem a little confronting. Jesus was asleep or seemingly unaware of the violent storm that surrounded [...]
Tony Worner, St Agnes’ Catholic Parish’s Leader of Formation, reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 18-22) in which Jesus says to his disciples and to us, “Follow me”. Tony says, in today’s short Gospel today, we are given two examples of differing attitudes desirous of following Jesus, and Jesus’ response to [...]
Fr Prodencio Bognay reads today from the Gospel of Matthew (8: 5-17) in which the centurion approaches Jesus asking for help for his seriously ill servant. Seeing the man’s faith, Jesus says, ‘Go; let it be done for you according to your faith’. Fr Prodencio says, for the early Christians, the capacity of [...]