Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (4: 12-17,23-25) in which Jesus left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum after hearing that John had been arrested. Fr Paul says this is the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry. The first thing Matthew does is introduce us to Galilee, characteristically quoting [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (1: 35-42) in which two disciples who heard John the Baptist call Jesus ‘the Lamb of God’, get up and follow Jesus. Fr Paul says this story of the call of the first disciples takes place in the Jordan valley, where John was [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (1: 29-34) in which John the Baptist says of Jesus, “Look, there is the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I spoke of when I said, ‘A man who comes after me who ranks [...]
Today Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 8-12) in which Jesus says, ‘The greatest among you must be your servant’. Afterwards Fr Paul shares a little about the lives of St Basil and St Gregory whose memorials we celebrate today. Fr Paul says St Basil was born in the [...]
Today as we celebrate the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (2: 16-21) in which the shepherds find Mary and Joseph, and the baby, Jesus, who was lying in the manger. Fr Paul says way back in 431, there was a bitter controversy among [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (1: 1-18) which begins: In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came to be; not one thing had its being but through him. [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (2: 36-40) in which prophetress, Anna, who worshipped in the temple constantly with fasting and prayer, came up to the Mary and Joseph and gave thanks to God for their child. Fr Paul says Anna, the prophetess, is slightly forgotten in the longer accounts [...]
On the fourth day of the Christmas Octave, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (2: 13-18) in which tells of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a little about the Feast of the Holy Innocents, which we [...]
On the third day of the Christmas Octave, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of John (20: 2-8) in which Mary of Magdala runs to tell Simon Peter and the disciple Jesus loved that the body of Jesus is no longer in the tomb. After reading the Gospel, Fr Paul shares a [...]
On the second day of the Christmas Octave, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (10: 17-22) in which Jesus says to his apostles, ‘Beware of men; they will hand you over to Sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues; you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake [...]