Today as we celebrate the lives of St Michael, Gabriel, Raphael – the Archangels, Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (1: 47-51) in which Jesus tells Nathanael that he will see ‘heaven laid open, and above the Son of Man the angels of God ascending and descending’. In relation to St [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (9: 35-37) in which Jesus says, ‘The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Vincent de Paul whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says Vincent de Paul was born in Aquitaine [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 18-22) in which Peter declares that Jesus is the Messiah when Jesus asks, ‘Who do you say I am?. Fr Paul says Peter’s profession of faith in Jesus as God’s anointed messenger occurs, of course, in each of the first three gospels (Luke, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 7-9) in which Herod, the tetrarch is perplexed by what he hears about Jesus after having put John the Baptist to death. Fr Paul says in Luke’s Gospel he does not include the account of the murder of John the Baptist by Herod [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Luke (9: 1-6) in which Jesus sends the Twelve out to proclaim the kingdom of God, giving them power and authority, telling them to take nothing for the journey. Fr Paul says the Gospel tells us the apostles are to take no unnecessary things, not [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 16-18) in which Jesus says, ‘For there is nothing hidden that will not be made clear, nothing secret that will not be known or brought to light’. Fr Paul says, after explaining the parable of the Sower, Luke (like Mark), gives three little sayings [...]
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. For anyone who wants to save their life will lose it, but anyone who loses [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (8: 1-3) which tells of the women who were among the disciples of Jesus. Fr Paul says the largely Semitic world of Mark, Matthew and John has little room for women in other than domestic roles. All this changes when Luke and Paul come into [...]
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 [...]