As we remember the Passion of St John Baptist, Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Mark (6: 17-29) in which tells how Herod came to have John the Baptist beheaded. Fr Paul says Saint John the Baptist has two feasts. This one, in August, which celebrates his death, and the other [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 8-12) in which Jesus says, 'those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted'. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Augustine whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul says, Augustine was born in [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (7: 11-17) in which Jesus, when he saw the widow who was burying her son, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry”. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Monica whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Paul [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 23-26) in which Jesus takes the Scribes and Pharisees to task over neglecting weightier matters of the law—justice, mercy and good faith. Fr Paul says, today, we hear Jesus criticise the Scribes and Pharisees, basically, because they have become obsessed with every little detail, [...]
Fr Paul Gooley reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 13-22) in which Jesus calls out the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees saying, ‘Alas for you, blind guides!’. Fr Paul says this passage brings the first four of the seven ‘alas’s!’ against the scribes and Pharisees. These are not curses in the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (23: 1-12) in which Jesus tells his followers to listen to the teachers of the law and the Pharisees and do what they say, but Jesus also notes, ‘do not be guided by what they do, since they do not practice what they preach’. Fr [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Luke (1: 26-38) in which God sends the angel Gabriel to the town of Nazareth in Galilee to visit Mary. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is celebrate today. Fr Paul says, the doctrine of the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (21: 15-17) in which Jesus asks Peter ‘do you love me?’ and invites him to ‘feed his sheep’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a little about the life of St Pius X, Pope whose memorial we celebrate today. Fr Pauls says, Pius was born in the [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of John (17:20-26) in which Jesus prays, ‘Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see the glory you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world’. Afterwards, Fr Paul shares a [...]
Fr Paul reads from the Gospel of Matthew (19: 23-30) in which the disciples ask Jesus about who can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Fr Paul says in all three synoptic Gospels, that is the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke, the story of the testing and failure of the rich man is [...]