Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (7: 24-30) in which a woman, who was born in Syrian Phoenicia, begs Jesus to heal her daughter who was possessed by a demon. Fr Paul says now begins an important section of Mark’s Gospel. He is writing for a largely gentile audience, which [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (7: 14-23) in which Jesus says, “Nothing that goes into a person from outside can make them unclean. It is the things that come out of a person that make them unclean.” Fr Paul says in this passage (which follows on from yesterday), Jesus [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (7: 1-13) in which Scribes and Pharisees question Jesus about his disciples not following some of the Jewish traditions. Fr Paul says today, Jesus teaches us something very important. This story helps us understand that what is inside our hearts is more important than [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 38-42) in which Jesus says to Martha, ‘You worry and fret about so many things and, yet few are needed, indeed only one’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Scholastica whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Scholastica was born [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 30-34) in which Jesus encourages his disciples to take time in rest, saying, ‘You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while’. Fr Paul says at both beginning and end of this section of the Gospel [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 14-29) in which Herod has John the Baptist beheaded after promising the daughter of Herodias anything if she danced for he and his guests. Fr Paul says the story of the Passion of John the Baptist is told by Mark with more attention [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (28: 16-20) in which Jesus commissions his disciples to go out to all the world and says, ‘I am with you always, yes, till the end of time’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Paul Miki and Companions whose memorial we celebrated [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 23-26) in which Jesus says, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine let them renounce themselves and take up their cross every day and follow me’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about St Agatha whose memorial we celebrated today. Fr [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (5: 21-43) in which Jesus heals the woman who touches his cloak and raises a young girl to life. Fr Paul says as we have seen, the author of the Gospel of Mark likes to combine experiences to show how significant they are. Often, like [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (5: 1-20) in which Jesus restores a man possessed by many demons to good health. Fr Paul says this dramatic story of the healed demoniac is special in several ways. Firstly, this is the only occasion in Mark where Jesus tangles with the gentiles: [...]