Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (10: 1-12) in which the Pharisees test Jesus’ knowledge of the Law by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” Fr Paul says, in this Gospel, we encounter Jesus teaching about the sanctity and indissolubility of marriage. When questioned by [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 41-50) in which Jesus says, “If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink just because you belong to Christ, they will most certainly not lose their reward”. Fr Paul says, if Jesus is to be taken literally here we would all [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 38-40) in which Jesus says, “No one who works a miracle in my name is likely to speak evil of me, anyone who is not against us is for us”. Fr Paul says this little incident must be read in the light of a [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 30-37) in which Jesus again tells the disciples he must suffer and die, and says, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” Fr Paul says, after Peter’s confession of Jesus as Messiah the road [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (9: 14 - 29) in which Jesus tells the father who asks Jesus to heal his son of epilepsy if he can, “Everything is possible for anyone who has faith.” Fr Paul says this vivid account of the healing of the epileptic boy is [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (16: 13 - 19) in which Jesus says, “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it”. Fr Paul says today, we celebrate a very special day called the [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 34 – 9:1) in which Jesus says, “What gain then is it for a person to win the whole world, and ruin their life? Or indeed what can anyone offer in exchange for their life?” Fr Paul says each of the three great prophecies [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 27-33) in which Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do people say I am?” and Peter replies, “You are the Christ”. Fr Paul says this is the turning-point of Mark’s Gospel. Till now the stories we have heard have all shown ever-increasing wonder and [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 22-26) in which, when Jesus came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. Fr Paul says the positioning in the Gospel which explains this restoration of sight is really symbolic: it is placed immediately before Peter [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (8: 14-21) in which Jesus, after his disciples after they fail to understand him, says, “Do you not yet understand? Have you no perception? Are your minds closed? Have you eyes that do not see, ears that do not hear?”. Fr Paul says the [...]